The best athletes and coaches of 2020 determined

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A mass sports festival was organized by the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports, the National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan under the slogan "New Year with Sports".

Today, the names of the winners of two major competitions of the year - the online chess championship of Uzbekistan and the Grand Final “Uzbekistan Online Cup” in cybersport, have become known.

The winner of the Uzbekistan online championship was 10-year-old Khumoyun Bekmurodov from Tashkent and was awarded the Spark car. Also, the winners and awardees of the esports competition, the prize fund of which is more than 100 million soums, were awarded valuable gifts.

Representative of the Uzbekistan national judo team Davlat Bobonov became the winner of the "Best Athlete of 2020" nomination.

Head coach of the Uzbek national sambo team Roman Shakirov became "the best coach of the year".

"The best sports doctor of the year" became traumatologist of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Sports Medicine at the NOC Sunnatilla Yulchiev

Weightlifting Federation of Uzbekistan was named as "The best sports organization of the year".

The award ceremony was attended by the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Dilmurod Nabiev and his first deputy Ravshan Irmatov, the Chairman of the National Olympic Committee Rustam Shaabdurakhmanov and his deputy Sherzod Tashmatov, the Minister of Physical Culture and other responsible persons.

The speakers especially noted that the President’s Address inspired our compatriots even more. In turn, it was also said that the coming year is very responsible for the representatives of the sports sector.