Rodion Askanakov successfully defended his 2018 crown, winning the combat sambo 52kg final against Kazakhstan's Nurken Dombayev, before Russian compatriot Marina Mokhnatkina followed suit.

The International SAMBO Federation (FIAS) has been officially listed by the International Paralympic Committee as a ...

Sambo is a Russian martial art popular across the ex-USSR, originating in the 1920s when soldiers of the Red Army developed their own hand-to-hand combat technique. “Artyom was a multiple winner of ...