Uzbekistan Team Took Bronze at the World Judo Championship

The tournament ended on October 11. In the match for third place, the Uzbek judokas defeated the Mongolian team with a score of 4:2. The team's points were scored by Shirinjon Yuldasheva, Nurbek Murtazoev, Muzaffarbek Turaboev and Shahram Akhadov.

On the way to the semifinals, the Uzbek team defeated Germany, and in the quarterfinals they beat the Georgian team in an additional bout with a score of 4:3. In the semifinal match, the Uzbek athletes lost to Russia with a score of 3:4, where the outcome of the meeting was also decided in an additional bout.

The Japanese team won the gold medals in the mixed team tournament, defeating Russia in the final with a score of 4:2. The second bronze award of the tournament was received by Georgia. In the individual competitions of the championship, the Uzbek athletes remained without awards: the highest result was the fifth place of Tulkunbek Turdiev in the category up to 100 kg and the seventh place of Nurbek Murtazoev in the weight category up to 90 kg.