Iran's Saeedimadani Wins Bronze at World Sambo Championships


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mohammad Reza Saeedimadani claimed a bronze medal in the 2021 World Sambo Championships on Saturday.

In the men’s under-88kg final, Uzbekistan’s Ikhtiyor Eshmurodov triumphed against Sergey Ryabov of Russia to win the gold medal. 

Saeedimadani claimed Iran’s first medal of the event, winning a bronze along with Stetsenko Dmytro of Ukraine.

The World Sambo Championships are the main championships in Sambo and Combat Sambo, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS).

The competition took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.