The Russian national team won the team championship of the European Sambo Championship. This is reported on the website of the International Sambo Federation. On Sunday, May 21, the Russians won seven gold medals. In women's competitions Anastasia Valova (weight category up to 56 kg) and Anastasia Khomyachkova (up to 68 kg) took first place.. In the men's tournament, Vladimir Berezovsky (up to 62 kilograms) and Ali Kurzhev (up to 82 kilograms). In the men's competitions in combat sambo, Vladimir Lamanov (up to 52 kilograms), Pavel Panteleev (up to 68 kilograms) and Sultan Aliyev (up to 90 kilograms) won gold medals..

Thus, the Russian team took first place in the overall standings in all three disciplines. In total there are 18 gold medals on the count of Russians (five - the first day, six - in the second and seven - in the third). The European Championship, sponsored by Rosneft, was held in Minsk on May 19-21. The tournament was held for the 45th time and for the third time in Belarus.

Original article: Women's and men's teams of Russia won the European Sambo Championship in Minsk.