Belarusian Lapayeva won the World Cup in combat sambo

Belarusian athlete Elizaveta Lapayeva won the gold award at the 2026 World Sambo Cup held in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. This is reported by BelTA, writes sb.by.

Our athlete won in combat sambo in the weight category up to 59 kg. In the quarterfinals, Lapayeva defeated Russian Olga Medvedeva (5: 0), in the semifinals she coped with Dana Bayakhyn from Kazakhstan (5: 0), and in the match for gold she defeated Israeli Roni Nisimian (4: 1). Last year, the Belarusian was second in the World Cup, and Elizaveta is the winner of the World and European Championships.

Earlier, our athletes won four bronze medals – Vladislav Burd (up to 58 kg), Maxim Romanov (up to 79 kg), Vladislav Norka (up to 88 kg) and Arseniy Malitsky (over 98 kg) climbed the pedestal. On Sunday in Dushanbe will be held competitions in women's sports sambo, where seven Belarusians will perform. In total, more than 230 athletes from 14 countries take part in the World Cup. 19 Belarusians will perform at the Sambo World Cup in Dushanbe