Gevorg Azatyan lost the men’s 79 kg combat sambo final 2–3, while Ekaterina Zhigalova won women’s 80 kg bronze as Armenia finished with 5 medals: two silvers and three bronzes.
According to Sportaran, Armenia’s Gevorg Azatyan won silver and Ekaterina Zhigalova took bronze on the final day of the 2026 World Sambo Championships in Tashkent, bringing the team’s total to 5 medals. Armenia entered the day with three.
Azatyan reached the men’s 79 kg combat sambo final with four consecutive wins over opponents from Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Georgia and Tajikistan. Russia’s Aslanbek Kodzaev beat him 3–2 in the final.
In women’s 80 kg combat sambo, Zhigalova defeated an opponent from the Philippines before losing to a Kazakh competitor in the semifinals. Russia’s Nadezhda Tatarchenko won the title.
Aram Aghajanyan beat opponents from Syria and Azerbaijan in men’s 71 kg sport sambo before losing to a Russian competitor in the quarterfinals. Kazakhstan’s Amur Kuatay won gold.
In the 98 kg category, Arsen Hayrapetyan lost his opening bout to an Azerbaijani opponent and then lost to a Georgian competitor in the repechage, a further chance to compete after a defeat. Russia’s Anton Konovalov won the title.
Mkhitar Temuryan beat a Georgian opponent in men’s combat sambo over 98 kg before losing to a French competitor and finishing without a medal. Russia’s Mikhail Mokhnatkin won gold in the division.
Arsen Avedisyan took bronze in men’s under-71 kg combat sambo in Tashkent, bringing Armenia’s tally to one silver and two bronzes after two days, Sportaran said.
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Boris Shatveryan took silver in men’s 79 kg sport sambo, while Mayis Nersesyan won bronze in 64 kg combat sambo, giving Armenia 2 medals on the opening day in Tashkent.
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