According to IRNA, the World Sambo Championships have been hosted by Uzbekistan in Tashkent since November 12 and are currently being held.
Following these competitions, today (Saturday) in the weight category less than 88 kg, “Mohammad Reza Saeedi Madani”, the representative of Iran, started his work by defeating opponents from Cyprus, Latvia and Romania, and then lost to a strong opponent from Russia.
Madani took the lead in the ranking match to reach the third place and the bronze medal.
This was Iran’s first sambo medal on the world stage.
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