Muslima Odilova won the first medal for the Uzbek delegation at the Paralympic Games in Paris.
In the women's 100-meter butterfly swimming final in the S13 class, our compatriot Muslima Odilova won the bronze medal.
This is the second Paralympics in the athlete's career. In Rio 2016, Odilova won two silver awards.
Judo athletes also began to replenish the treasury of the Uzbek delegation with important medals. Our talented para-athlete Sherzod Namazov, who competed in the -60 kg weight category (J2 category), defeated Zurab Zurabyan from Georgia in the final and won the gold award.
Ziyodakhon Isakova from Uzbekistan won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games in Paris. The athlete competed in para-taekwondo in the weight category up to 47 kg among women. In the final, she lost to Leonora Angelica Espinosa Carranza from Peru with a score of 4:10.
For the first time in the history, 65 athletes of the Uzbek delegation won 113 permits in 9 sports in these important four-year starts, which will last until September 8.
Last night, the first group of Uzbek Paralympians arrived in Paris. At Charles de Gaulle International Airport, members of the sports delegation of our country were warmly welcomed by representatives of the Organizing Committee of the Summer Paralympic Games and employees of the diplomatic mission of Uzbekistan in France.
