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Notable athletes 
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Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
, cyclist 
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Artur Taymazov
, wrestler 
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Ruslan Chagaev
, boxer 
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Michael Kolganov
, sprinter 
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Alexander Shatilov
, gymnast 
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Uzbekistan is home to former racing cyclist Djamolidine Abdoujaparov. 
Abdoujaparov has won the points contest in the Tour de France three times, each 
time winning the coveted green jersey. The green jersey is second only to the 
yellow jersey. Abdoujaparov was a specialist at winning stages in tours or one-day 
races when the bunch or peloton would finish together. He would often 'sprint' in 
the final kilometre and had a reputation as being dangerous in these bunch sprints 
as he would weave from side to side in a sprint. This reputation earned him the 
nickname 'The Terror of Tashkent'. Artur Taymazov won Uzbekistan's first 
wrestling medal at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, as well as gold at the 2008 
Summer Olympic Games in Men's 120 kg. 

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Ruslan Chagaev is a professional boxer representing Uzbekistan in the 
WBA. He won the WBA champion title in 2007 after defeating Russian Giant 
Valuev. Chagaev defended his title twice before losing it to Vladimir Klichko in 
2009. Uzbekistan's official sport is soccer. Uzbekistan's premier soccer league is 
the Uzbek League which features sixteen teams. The current champions are FC 
Bunyodkor and the team with the most championships is FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 
with 8. The current Player of the Year is Odil Ahmedov. Uzbekistan also regularly