Tokyo 2020 Olympics: interesting facts about the delegation of Uzbekistan

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will go down in the history of Uzbekistan thanks to some interesting facts and indicators.

The record facts are given by the press service of the National Olympic Committee:

-For the first time in the history of Uzbekistan, our athletes at the XXXII Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo won 71 licenses in 17 sports;
-The number of participants of Tokyo 2020 has reached 30;
-For the first time in history, we managed to win a license for the Olympic Games in modern pentathlon;
-Our girls were awarded 3 boxing licenses for the first time;
-For the first time in the history of domestic sports, two of our girls were awarded licenses in weightlifting.

It is worth recalling that the Summer Olympic Games were supposed to be held in 2020. However, these games were postponed for a year due to the global coronavirus pandemic. This has benefited our sport, as the number of participants from Uzbekistan has increased.