They're also the only country to win at least one gold in every hand to hand combat sport (boxing, judo, wrestling, taekwondo).
Uzbekistan won gold in 5 out of 7 divisions
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Uzbekistan has invested quite a bit into their sports programs and sport infrastructure. The results are paying off...Comment
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Bit of both. Boxing - prize fighting - was already well established in Cuba before the revolution, Cuba, Havana in particular was a kinda resort Island for wealthy Americans (and a kind of de facto colony of the US) and boxing was a popular sport.
However after the revolution in 1959 the Soviets sent one of their best boxing coaches to help both train and organise the logistics for the Cuban amateur program, helping set up the intensive training schools and system of privileges that helped produce some of the greatest ammies of all time. The boxing style was distinct from the Soviet style but the training intensity and regime owed much to the Soviet systemComment
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I didn't watch olympics this time cuz of all the crap, but I'd be willing to guess most of those Uzbeks fought southpaw too. Am I right? I haven't heard info about why it's so common but it seems they switch their guys to the southpaw stance while young.Comment
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I don't buy this argument because surely their sporting infrastructure and funding pales in comparison to the likes of Britain & America? Instead, I think they're just the latest batch of dominant Eastern European fighters to emerge after Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan etc who seem to have that HUNGER that the richer nations are missing.Comment
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that's cus America funds nato you smooth brain idiot. olympics is owned by the west.
merica has more PED positive athletes than any other nation. FACT. the biggest drug cheats are American.Comment
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Soviet Union was brutal
I don't buy this argument because surely their sporting infrastructure and funding pales in comparison to the likes of Britain & America? Instead, I think they're just the latest batch of dominant Eastern European fighters to emerge after Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan etc who seem to have that HUNGER that the richer nations are missing.
the strong survived!
Baltics went European and do not have the grit of the other former Soviet states
pre-Soviet the Central Asians were hardened Islamic nomads
country boys live in a physical world compared to city dwellersComment
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cuckolding is invented by american men. don't ever call anyone else a cuck LMFAO
these american cucks would let a black man smash their wives and suck his cum out of her vagina. then videotape it and post it on the web for everyone in the world to see. Then call other people cucks without even wiping the cum from the corners of his mouth LMFAO
I can't make this chit up
imagine being an americuck in 2024 LMFAOLast edited by HeadShots; 08-15-2024, 04:34 PM.Comment
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