Sambist Kondratieva became a two-time world champion, Zhilinskaya took the tenth World Cup medal

Belarusian Maria Kondratieva won the World Sambo Championship in 2026 in the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent, BelTA reports.

On the way to gold in the weight category over 80 kg, the representative of Belarus defeated Cynthia Canales from Honduras, Russian Olga Artoshin, Nermine Graua from Algeria and Georgian Elena Kebadze. Kondratieva won the world forum for the second time (for the first time in 2024), and Maria is a three-time European champion.

The silver medalist of the planetary championship in Tashkent was Angela Zhilinskaya (up to 72 kg). Our athlete inflicted defeats on girls from Kazakhstan, Israel and Uzbekistan, but in the final she lost to Oles Posylkina from Russia. This medal was for Zhilinsky Jubilee, the 10th in his career at the World Cup (1-4-5).

On November 8, Belarusians won three bronze awards. In the match for 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 rival Tajik Safiollokh Hikmatov. Litvinovich for the first time in his career became world champion in individual trampoline jumping in the Chinese Nanjing