Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The national team of Uzbekistan shows a historic result at the World Taekwondo Championship, which is being held in Mexico. On the next day of the tournament, the domestic team chalked up another medal.

Niyaz Pulatov, who performed in the weight category up to 63 kg, reached the final, defeating the representatives of Azerbaijan, Egypt, Iran, Croatia and Spain on his competitive path. In the decisive match, he met with Liang Yushuai from China. And our compatriot was a little short of a gold award. Niyaz won the silver medal at the World Championships for the first time in his career.

This is the fourth award on the account of the national team of Uzbekistan at the current championship of the planet. With this, domestic taekwondo athletes updated their best result in terms of the number of medals won at the World Championships. Uzbekistan won one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.