Thursday, 7 January 2021
The National Olympic Committee of Tajikistan (NOCT) has agreed to financially support 15 athletes in their bid to qualify for this year’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The pledge was made at the recent NOCT General Assembly which was held in the capital Dushanbe under the chairmanship of vice-presidents Shamsullo Sohibov and Abdullozoda Ahtam.
So far, Tajikistan has secured two Olympic berths with boxers Bakhodur Usmonov and Shabbos Negmatulloev set to compete in the men’s lightweight division and men s light heavyweight class respectively.
The duo secured their places after success at the Asia and Oceania Olympic qualification tournament in Amman in Jordan last March.