The event was held at the metropolitan Museum of Olympic and Paralympic Glory. It was attended by senior officials of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Youth Policy and Sports, the National Olympic and Paralympic Committees, sports federations, athletes, coaches and the media.
Opening the event, the head of the Department of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Odil Abdurakhmanov, stressed that our state always supports athletes who achieve success in the international arena and creates all the necessary conditions for them. In turn, Minister Adham Ikramov, NOC Secretary General Oybek Kasimov and Chairman of the National Paralympic Committee Mukhtorkhon Taskhodjaev congratulated our athletes and wished them success in their future activities, in particular in preparing for the Olympics and the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
According to the Decree of the President and the corresponding Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, athletes who won the gold medal received 10,000 US dollars, silver medalists - 5,000 US dollars, bronze medalists - 2,500 US dollars; and their coaches were awarded cash prizes in the amount of 5,000, 2,500 and 1,250 US dollars, respectively.
Such encouragement has become a real motivation for athletes and coaches. The champion of the Asian Games in taekwondo WT Ulugbek Rashitov and the head coach of the Uzbek national boxing team Tulkin Kilichev, as well as Asila Mirzaerova, who won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals in para-athletics at the Asian Games in Hangzhou and the coach of the Uzbek national para-canoe team Dilshod Yuldoshev noted that such attention will inspire every athlete to new They promised that they would do their best to justify the trust placed in them, in particular at the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
