Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s athletes won three gold and two bronze medals at the Aichi–Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games.
Swimmers Azizbek Boynazarov and Mubinabonu Khalilova, along with powerlifter Muslima Nuriddinova, won gold medals. Muslima Odilova and Dmitry Khorlin secured two bronze medals for Uzbekistan.
Azizbek Boynazarov won the men’s 200-metre individual medley final in para swimming in the SM8 class. He clocked 2 minutes 23.87 seconds to take first place.
Mubinabonu Khalilova claimed another gold for Uzbekistan in swimming. She won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke final in the S13 class in 1 minute 19.60 seconds.
Uzbekistan’s Muslima Odilova took bronze in the same event, finishing in 1 minute 30.11 seconds. A Japanese athlete won silver.
In women’s powerlifting in the under-61 kg category, Muslima Nuriddinova claimed gold after lifting 129 kg in the final. An athlete from China finished second with 126 kg, while Indonesia’s representative took bronze with a lift of 115 kg.
Swimmer Dmitry Khorlin won Uzbekistan’s other bronze medal. He finished third in the men’s 100-metre backstroke in the S12 class with a time of 1 minute 5.77 seconds.
