Taekwondo athlete Gurjanoy Naimova won silver at the Paralympics. He could not finish the final fight – Gazeta.uz

Uzbekistan national team representative Gurjanoi Naimova won the silver medal in taekwondo at the Paralympic Games.

The defending 2020 Paralympic K44 (including single-arm amputees or amputees) over 65 kg champion first defeated Greek player Eleni Papastamatopoulos (12:5) and then defeated Brazilian player Deborah Menezes (9:3).

In the final, the 23-year-old Uzbek faced the 35-year-old European champion and 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Amy Truesdale of Britain. Neimova was deducted points before the start of the match because her coaching staff forgot to put on her protective headgear.

The Briton fought back successfully, scoring eight points in a row until the final came to a climax – with almost a minute left in the match, she hit Gurjana Naimova in the face, which is prohibited by the rules of para taekwondo.

The doctor examined her for several minutes, after which it became clear that Gurjanoy Neimova would not continue to fight. Meanwhile, a specialist Said it was the athlete’s decision and raised his handsThe Paralympic athlete was carried away on a stretcher.

After watching the replay, the referee believed that the British player threw the ball unintentionally, so he was only warned and not disqualified. The final score was 8:2, and the British team won.

Then, the Chairman of the Uzbek National Paralympic Committee Mukhtorjun Tashkhodzhayev and Neimova video The Paralympian held her chin and said she was fine, but she couldn’t hold back tears because she didn’t win a gold medal in the end.

This is the second Paralympic medal that Neimova has won in her career and the 10th medal in Uzbekistan’s collection at the time. At press time, the national team ranked 7th with 5 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes.