The key facts

  • The 50th Sambo World Championship is being held in Tashkent at the Game Sports Arena
  • 33 sets of medals, prize fund of $363,000
  • For the first time in FIAS history — sambo for blind women

Anniversary tournament in Tashkent

The anniversary 50th Sambo World Championship has kicked off in Tashkent, Gazeta.Ru reports. The competitions are being held at the Game Sports Arena in the Olympic City and will conclude on November 8. The program features sport sambo, combat sambo, and sambo for the blind, and for the first time in the history of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), the program includes sambo competitions for blind women.

Medals and prize money

A total of 33 sets of medals will be awarded at the tournament. The prize fund amounts to $363,000: gold medalists will receive $4,000 each, silver medalists $3,000, and bronze medalists $2,000. The tournament's official partners are Rosneft and VTB Bank.

Context

In October, Russian sambo athletes won 51 medals at the youth world championship — 33 gold, 11 silver, and 7 bronze — competing under the national state symbols. It was also previously reported that sambo may be included in the Olympic Games program.