On November 8, 9 and 10, the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, hosted the largest sambo competition of the year — the World Championship.
80 countries, 470 athletes, 3 disciplines and 31 weight categories shone at the World Championship. For the first time medals of the World Sambo in the disciplines of “women’s combat sambo” and “sambo for the blind” were played.
Results of the team medal standings:
1st place FIAS-1 (16 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)
2nd place Kazakhstan (3 gold, 5 silver, 9 bronze)
3rd place FIAS-2 (3 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze)