Armenia Wins Two Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronz Medals At Sambo World Cup

Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan and hosts Russia all tasted victory as action got underway at the Sambo World Cup in Moscow (march 23-26).

 The Sambo World Cup is also referred to as the A Kharlampiev Memorial World Cup in honour of Anatoly A. Kharlampiev, one of the founding fathers of the sport.

 Armenia’s Davit Grigoryan and Belarus’ Aliaksandr Kruglik were the 82kg bronze medallists, while France’s Antony Segard and Moldova’s Denis Tachii were the third-place finishers at 100kg.

Other gold medals were won by Turkmenistan’s Gulbadam Babamuratova, in the women’s 52kg, and Armenia’s Tigran Kirakosyan, in the men’s 57kg.

Both Babamuratova and Kirakosyan beat Russians to gold, with the former defeating Russia’s Anna Kharitonova and the latter overcoming Vladimir Gladkih.

Samvel Badalyan beat Turkmenistan’s Ruslan Yusupov in the 62kg final to secure Armenia another gold.

Armenia’s Jon Balayan and Mongolia’s Gantulga Galsandovjoo were the respective sole bronze medallists at 52kg and over 100kg.