On the first day of the World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Indonesia, Turkmen athletes won two silver medals. This was reported by the news agency ‘Turkmenistan: Golden age’.

The tournament is being held in Bogor, West Java, at the JSI Resort Megamendung arena, where 37 sets of awards are contested over three days among boys, girls and juniors (aged 16-20) in sports and combat sambo. Each athlete can compete in only one discipline, age group and weight category.

In combat sambo among juniors up to 64 kg, 18-year-old Rasul Jabrailov won silver. In the final, he lost to a Russian athlete competing under the FIAS flag. In the weight category up to 88 kg, 19-year-old Malikberdi Begiyev won the silver medal, losing in the final to another Russian athlete competing under the FIAS flag.

FIAS President Vasily Shestakov noted that holding the championship in Indonesia contributes to the development of sambo in Southeast Asia and confirms its growing global popularity. The competition continues.