Uzbek athlete Azam Rashidov secures Uzbekistan’s first gold medal at the SAMBO World Cup held in Yerevan, according to UzA.
Rashidov defeated competitors from Russia, Georgia and Turkmenistan. In the final, he faced Zhandas Beisenbayev of Kazakhstan and won the gold medal in the under 64kg weight category.
Four athletes represented Uzbekistan on the first day of the tournament. Ilkhom Parmanov narrowly missed out on a bronze medal, losing the third-place match to a Georgian athlete by a slim margin.
On the second day, Uzbekistan’s Ruzmatboy Rakhimberganov will compete in the under 71kg category.
Earlier, Kursiv Uzbekistan reported on the achievements of Uzbek boxers at the Eindhoven Boxing Cup in the Netherlands.
