The 50th World Sambo Championship ended in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The competition was held from November 6 to 8 among representatives of more than 90 countries, and competitions were held for 33 sets of medals in sports sambo, martial arts and sambo for the blind between men and women.
15 athletes made up the national team of Tajikistan in three divisions of the World Championship and won 6 medals. Shahrukh Nazarov (79 kg) and Rajab Huseynov (88 kg) won silver medals in sambo for the blind.
Khalid Talibzoda (88 kg) won a silver medal in combat sambo.
Zafar Olimshoev (-88 kg) lost to Russian Alexander Suchkov in the finals of sports sambo and won the silver medal.
Nekruzshoh Nekbakhtzoda (+98 kg) was honored to receive a bronze medal in sports sambo at the World Sambo Championship in 2026. Ramazan Jumaev (-79 kg) was honored to receive a bronze medal in combat sambo.
It is worth noting that the Tajik national team represented 15 athletes in three divisions of the competition, men's sports sambo, blind sambo (SV-1) and combat sambo.
Tajikistan was represented by seven athletes - Akmaliddin Karimov (58 kg), Idibeki Amirshah (64 kg), Hikmatov Safiyalloh (71 kg), Divashtichi Ubaidi (79 kg), Olimshoev Zafar (88 kg), Komronshohi Ustopiriyan (98 kg) and Nekruzshohi Nekbakhtzoda (+98 kg).
Shahrukh Nazarov (79 kg) and Rajab Huseynov (98 kg) represented Tajikistan in sambo for the blind (SV-1).
Also, in the combat sambo competition among men, Tajikistan was represented by six athletes - Siyovush Solikhov (58 kg), Nazarov Khurshed (64 kg), Rajabzoda Khudoyoar (71 kg), Jumaev Ramazon (79 kg), Khalid Tolibzoda (88 kg) and Rasulov Khudobakhsh (98 kg).
The total prize money of the tournament was 363,000 US dollars, and about 25 well-known figures of sambo, including the ambassadors of this sport, Fyodor Emelianenko and Islam Makhachev, were also present at the event.
Translated automatically from Tajik.
Source: Varzish TV · varzishtv.tj
