Two more Tajik athletes qualify to take part in Rio 2016 Olympic Games

DUSHANBE, July 13, 216, Asia-Plus – Two more Tajik athletes have qualified to take part in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. According to the Tajikistan Swimming Federation, they have received an official letter from the International Swimming Federation (FINA), which says that two Tajik swimmers – Anastasia Tyurina and Olim Qurbonov – have […]

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DUSHANBE, July 13, 216, Asia-Plus – Two more Tajik athletes have qualified to take part in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.

According to the Tajikistan Swimming Federation, they have received an official letter from the International Swimming Federation (FINA), which says that two Tajik swimmers – Anastasia Tyurina and Olim Qurbonov – have been accepted for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. 

They will compete in a distance of 50 meters freestyle, the source said.   

Thus, seven Tajik athletes have already earned quota spots through their respective sports” Olympic qualification processes: swimmers Anastasia Tyurina and Olim Qurbonov; track and field athlete Davron Ataboyev; hummer thrower Dilshod Nazarov; boxer Anvar Yunusov; and two judokas Komronshoh Ustopiriyon and Muhammadmurod Abdurahmonov.    

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