Belarusian athletes win four medals at the start of the planetary forum on sambo in Tashkent

Four Belarusian sambists won the first day of the 2026 World Cup in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

To the final in the men's combat sambo in the category up to 64 kilograms reached our Eugene Mikhno. Belarus defeated Kazakhstani Serik Shadiyar, Belgian Robin Zhiyar, Mongolian Tugsbold Tsogtbaatar and Uzbek Bohodir Bokiev, but in the decisive match lost to Sanzharbek Avazberdiev from Turkmenistan and remained with silver.

In sports sambo boys bronze medalist was Maxim Romanov (up to 79 kg). Our athlete knocked out rivals from Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea and Tajikistan, but in the semifinals lost to Ivan Kharkov from Bulgaria. In the fight for third place, Maxim was stronger than Georgian Omar Niazashvili.

Earlier, on the first day of the planetary forum, Belarusian Anfisa Kopaev won gold in the up to 50 kg category, and Vladislav Burd took silver in weight up to 58 kg. On November 7, seven of our sambists will come out on the carpet, the tournament will end on Sunday, November 8. In total, the main start of the season gathered more than 500 participants from 101 countries in Tashkent.

Belarusian Kopaeva won the gold of the World Sambo Championship in Uzbekistan