Maksat Mammedov from Turkmenistan won the gold medal in the shot put at the IV Central Asian Open Athletics Championships in Samarkand.
The athlete showed a result of 16,08 meters.
Farhod Ochilov took second place, the third was Asliddin Rakhmonberdiev from Uzbekistan.
The IV Open Championship of Central Asia in Athletics started on September 24 in Samarkand. Within the framework of international competitions, 56 sets of awards in 41 athletics disciplines will be played. Samarkand for the first time became the venue for the open championship of Central Asia in athletics. More than 300 athletes arrived in Uzbekistan to participate in international competitions.