The Russian national team in sports sambo consisting of Evgenia Volkova (up to 64 kg), Margarita Lugovoi (over 64 kg), Mikhail Mikhailov (up to 74 kg), Evgeny Anishchenko (up to 82 kg), Sergey Kiryukhin (up to 90 kg), Igor Nedobezhkin ( up to 100 kg), Dmitry Eliseev (over 100 kg) won a landslide victory, losing only in one battle out of twelve.
In the semifinals, the Russians defeated the Spaniards 6: 1, completing all the battles for a clear advantage. And in the final, the wards of Alexei Savelyev and Alexander Korshunov with a score of 5: 2 prevailed over the Irish.
It is noteworthy that two of the three points the opponents earned due to failure to attend Margarita Lugovoi flooring, injured before the start of the competition.
Yevgeny Volkova, who took 15 and 28 seconds respectively to complete the painful steps on the feet of Maria Calvo and Granny O'Sullivan, completed her bouts especially spectacularly.
In certain disciplines of combat sambo, the President’s Cup was won by the Canadian Liam McPheiden (up to 62 kg), the German Mikhail Osmolovsky (up to 74 kg), the Irishman Dillon Manning (up to 82 kg) and the Dutchman Aria Sheikh Hosseini (up to 100 kg). The Russians did not participate in this program.
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