MONDAY, 10.11.2026 /Khovar National Information Agency/. From November 6 to 8, the 50th World Sambo Championship was held at the "Game Sports Arena" sports complex in the city of Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, where the national team of Tajikistan showed its skills in sambo and won 6 medals - four silver and two bronze medals, reports the sports commentator of Khovar National Information Agency.
Representatives of 101 countries of the world took part in this high-level competition. The competition program for men and women included three types: sports sambo, martial sambo and sambo for the blind (class SVI1 - completely blind athletes). In total, 33 sets of medals were awarded.
15 well-known athletes, including Akmaliddin Karimov at 58 kg, Idibek Amirshah at 64 kg, Safiollah Hikmatov at 71 kg, Divashtich Ubaidi at 79 kg, Zafar Olimshoev at 88 kg, Komronshohi Ustopiriyan at 98 kg and Nekruzshoh Nekbakhtzoda at 98 kg, will perform in the national team of Tajikistan. did
Siyovush Solehov in the weight of 58 kg, Khurshed Nazarov in the weight of 64 kg, Khudayoor Rajabzoda in the weight of 71 kg, Ramazon Jumaev in the weight of 79 kg, Khalid Talibzoda in the weight of 88 kg and Khudobakhsh Rasulov in the weight of 98 kg took part in the combat sambo competitions among men. Two representatives of Tajikistan took part in sambo for visually impaired athletes (SV-1) - Shahrukh Nazarov in the weight of 79 kg and Rajab Huseynov in the weight of 98 kg.
Tajik athletes showed good skills in this competition and reached the final stage in several weights. The first silver medal of Tajikistan was won by Khalid Tolibzoda in combat sambo, weighing up to 88 kilograms. In the final round, he tried his strength against the representative of Russia, Demid Volkov, but lost in this competition and was awarded with a silver medal. Shahrukh Nazarov, who participated in the sambo competition for the blind in weight up to 79 kilograms, also made it to the finals. In the preliminary stages, he defeated the representatives of Moldova with a score of 8:0, Iran and Uzbekistan and qualified for the final competition. In the final, Shahrukh lost to Georgian Giorgi Gamjashvili and took second place. The third silver medal of Tajikistan was won by Rajab Huseynov in the sambo competition for the blind, in the weight up to 98 kg. He faced the representative of the host country Ulmas Rayimov in the final competition and won the silver medal.
On the second day of the competition, Zafar Olimshoev reached the finals in the sport sambo category, weighing up to 88 kilograms, and competed with the representative of Russia, Alexander Suchkov. The Tajik athlete lost in this competition and won the silver medal of the championship.
Also, Nekruzshahi Nekbakhtzoda won a bronze medal in weight over 98 kg. After losing to Ucha Tabatadze from Georgia, he continued to fight for the third place and won the decisive match against the representative of Kazakhstan Sapar Bolat with a score of 4:0. On the last day of the championship, Ramazan Jumaev won a bronze medal in combat sambo, weighing up to 79 kilograms. Thus, the number of medals of the national team of Tajikistan in this competition reached six.
Prizes were awarded to the sportsmen for the honorable positions: for the first place - 4 thousand dollars, for the 2nd place - 3 thousand dollars, and for the 3rd place - 2 thousand dollars.
We would like to remind that the Tajik athletes, who won the honorary positions at the World Sambo Championship in Tashkent, will return to their homeland tonight, November 10, at 22:00 Tajik time.
Mehrani QURBAN,
Khovar National Information Agency sports commentator
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Translated automatically from Tajik.
Source: Khovar News Agency · khovar.tj
