Karaganda sambo wrestler won a silver medal at the World Championship

Karaganda athlete Margarita Bazhaeva became the silver medalist of the World Sambo Championship. The athlete showed a decent result in the 50 kg weight category.

The championship was held in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. 650 wrestlers from 70 countries gathered for the championship. They competed in sports, combat and women's sambo. In 2023, this type of martial arts celebrates its 85th anniversary, so not only the strongest wrestlers, but also legendary and titled sambo wrestlers, multiple world champions from different parts of the globe performed at the arena of the Karen Demirchan complex.

The Karaganda athlete Margarita Bazhaeva won silver at the championship.

– I am glad of the result. Of course, not everything worked out, there is something to work on. There was a task – a tempo struggle. It worked out until the final, then it was a little bit not enough, maybe I didn't give my all," says Margarita Bazhaeva.

The athlete is coached by Dauren Adambayev.

By the way, in the team competition, the national team of Kazakhstan took third place, losing to Russia and Uzbekistan. It is noteworthy that the World Sambo Championship in 2024 will be held in Astana.

According to the press service of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Karaganda region