Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Currently, the U-23 world rowing championship is being held in the city of Rachitsa (Czech Republic). In this competition, our rowers managed to climb the podium for the first time.

In the 2000-meter swim, the pair of Evgeny Agafonov and Shahzod Nurmatov were successful. In the qualifying stage, our representatives managed to win first place, and in the final they finished third and won a bronze medal.

World Rowing Championships, Czech Republic

BLM2, 2000 meters:

1. Fernandez / Livald (Chile) - 6:47:58

2. Beans / Mantegazza (Italy) - 6:50.38

3. Agafonov / Nurmatov (Uzbekistan) - 6:52.46