Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s athletes won eight more medals at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games in Japan, including two golds, four silver medals and two bronzes.
Both gold medals were won by Uzbek women in the shot put, with both athletes setting records, the National Paralympic Committee of Uzbekistan said.
In the women’s F40 para athletics event, Madina Mukhtorova threw 9.10 metres, setting an Asian record and winning the gold medal.
Another Uzbek athlete, Farogat Muhammadkulova, won bronze with a throw of 7.54 metres. The silver medal went to an athlete from the United Arab Emirates.
Uzbek athletes claimed the top two places in the women’s F41 shot put. Navruza Akhmatova recorded a throw of 10.02 metres, setting an Asian Para Games record and winning gold. Kubaro Khakimova took silver with 9.71 metres, while an athlete from China won bronze.
Para athletics also brought Uzbekistan two more medals in the men’s events. Muhammadabdulloh Tursunjonov cleared 1.94 metres in the men’s T47 high jump to win silver. Doston Kakhkhorov finished third in the men’s T36 100 metres with a time of 11.88 seconds.
Sardor Bakhtiyorov won silver in para swimming. He finished second in the men’s S7 100-metre freestyle final with a time of 1 minute 4.91 seconds.
In men’s para taekwondo in the under-63kg category, Kudratjon Khaydarov reached the final but lost 1–2 to an athlete from Mongolia, earning the silver medal.
