The delegation of Uzbekistan won its first boxing medal at the Summer Olympics.
Hasanboy Dosmatov in -51 kg entered the ring against Bilol Bennam, representative of the hosts, won 5-0 and became a two-time Olympic champion. The boxer from Andijan was unparalleled in Rio 2016.
Recall that earlier Ulugbek Rashitov became the first Uzbek to win two Olympic Games in taekwondo.
The Uzbekistan delegation, which was ranked 45th at the beginning of the day, won 5 medals (3 gold, 2 bronze) at Paris-2024 and rose to 18th place in the overall team.
