Dear athletes and coaches!

    Dear compatriots!

    First of all, from the bottom of my heart I congratulate you, dear ones, on the fact that in your person all our people took part with dignity and achieved high results at the fifth Islamic Unity Games held in the city of Konya, the Republic of Turkey.

    In these glorious days, when a lot of preparatory work is being carried out in our native country, dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of our national independence, your successes in wrestling and competitions have become a worthy holiday gift for our people.

    At this prestigious sports conference, held every four years, our compatriots perceive with great interest your every performance through the media and the Internet. and watched anxiously. All Uzbekistan wishes you good luck and success in your creation.

    In these competitions, in which 4200 athletes from 56 countries of the world took part, members of the national team demonstrated high skill, dedication and the will to win and the fact that, having shown their will, they won 51 gold, 42 silver and 65 bronze medals deserves all admiration.

    Another bright page in domestic sports was that the representatives of Uzbekistan, ahead of such developed countries in the sports field as Iran, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, took the honorable second place in the team event after Turkish Republic.

    The pride of Uzbek sports Ruslan Nuriddinov, Akbar Juraev, Sarvarbek Zafarjonov, Tursuna Zhabborova won three gold medals in weightlifting competitions, Olga Zabelinskaya is a rare event in the history of sports.

    The talent, skills and abilities of Ulugbek Rashidov, Adkhamjon Ergashev, Safina Sadullaeva, Diera Keldierova, Sharifa Davronova and other athletes who adequately defended the honor of our country in the past hot competitions were once again recognized by all sports fans.

    It should be especially noted that at these competitions, the Paralympic athletes of Uzbekistan also showed a high level of courage and dedication. In particular, such athletes as Azizbek Boinazarov, Omadbek Gasanov, Sultanbek Nuriddinov, Bakhtiyor Ortikov, Rasul Atamuratov showed real selfless qualities and made a worthy contribution to the success of our national team.

    Our selfless sons and daughters have proven in practice that they are leaders in competitions in weightlifting, judo, fencing, taekwondo, wrestling, and swimming.

    Such achievements achieved on the land of the ancient world are of great importance to us, and in this way you showed the whole world the glory of our national sports school, what great deeds the youth of Uzbekistan is capable of.

    Undoubtedly, the fact that you raised the flag of our Motherland at the Games of Islamic Unity and took high podiums of honor, as another practical result of the large-scale reforms carried out in our country aimed at educating a healthy and harmoniously developed generation, developing the sphere of physical culture and sports, is not ceases to please our multinational people, instills pride and pride in us.

    Taking this opportunity, on my own behalf, on behalf of our people, I express my sincere gratitude to your parents, your hardworking mentors and coaches, who made a worthy contribution to ensuring the successes that stand next to you, for educating a loving and devoted homeland like you, a patriotic and talented youth.

    Once again, I cordially congratulate you on the historic results achieved at major international sports competitions - the Islamic Solidarity Games, I wish you all good health, new victories in your future activities, happiness and prosperity to your families.

    May it always give happiness, good luck, my dear children!

 

Shavkat Mirziyoyev

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan