Belarusian Maria Kondratieva became world champion in sambo for the second time

Belarusian athlete Maria Kondratieva won the 2026 World Sambo Championship in the capital of Uzbekistan on November 8, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Sport.

Maria Kondratieva. Photo from the NOC archive

The representative of Belarus performed in the weight category over 80 kg. During the tournament, she defeated Cynthia Canales from Honduras, Russian Olga Artoshin, Nermine Graua from Algeria and Georgian Elena Kebadze. For M. Kondratieva, this is the second gold of the world championship - she won the world championship in 2024. In addition, the Belarusian is a three-time European champion.

The silver medal in Tashkent was won by Belarusian athlete Angela Zhilinskaya (up to 72 kg). She was stronger than rivals from Kazakhstan, Israel and Uzbekistan, but in the final lost to Oles Posylkina from Russia. This award was for A. Zhilinskaya jubilee, the tenth in his career at the world championships (one gold, four silver, five bronze).

In addition, on Sunday, Belarusian sambists replenished the country’s piggy bank with three bronze medals. So, in the match for the third place Tatiana Matsko (up to 59 kg) defeated Iva Ivanova from Bulgaria, Daniil Patachits (up to 98 kg) was stronger than Nikita Voroshilin from Kyrgyzstan, and Vladislav Mardusevych (up to 71 kg) became the prize-winner after the disqualification of his opponent - Safiollokh Hikmatov from Tajikistan.