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Turkmen boxer Bayramdurdy Nurmukhammedov won a bronze medal at the XIX Asian Games, which are being held in Hangzhou, China.

As an ORIENT correspondent was told in the Boxing Federation of Turkmenistan, the athlete received a bronze award in the weight category up to 71 kg.

In the preliminary round, Nurmukhammedov defeated the representative of Tajikistan, Davud Makhkamov.

At the next stage of the tournament, the Turkmen boxer defeated Nidal Fokahaa from Palestine, and in the fight for reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, he defeated the Mongolian Tuguldur Byambatsogt.

The Turkmen boxer was one step away from the final, losing to the representative of Taiwan, Kan Chia Wei. Thus, Nurmukhammedov became the bronze medalist of the tournament.

Previously, judoka Maysa Pardaeva and representatives of kurash Ishanmyrat Ataev and Ainur Amanova received bronze medals. Another master of kurash, Tejen Tejenov, brought a silver medal to the Turkmen team.

Let us remind you that the Asian Games are held from September 23 to October 8. The 19th Asian Summer Games in Hangzhou were originally scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25, 2022, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the competition was postponed to 2023.

In total, more than 15 thousand athletes from 45 Asian countries take part in the games. At the games, 481 sets of medals are awarded in 40 sports.

Turkmen athletes represent the country in sports such as 3x3 basketball, boxing, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, jujitsu, judo, kurash wrestling, karate, athletics, swimming, weightlifting and wushu.

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