G. Bayanduuren becomes three-time combat sambo world champion

Mongolia’s G. Bayanduuren, an Honoured Athlete of Mongolia, has won gold at the World Sambo Championships to become a three-time world champion in combat sambo.

At the 50th senior World Sambo Championships, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 6 to 8 November, Bayanduuren competed in the men’s 58 kg combat sambo category on the second day, 7 November. According to results published by the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), he beat home fighter Lutfilla Saydamatov of Uzbekistan in the final, while Daniel Asekov of Kyrgyzstan and Ahmet Tanriberdiyev of Turkmenistan took bronze.

LiveTV.mn reported that Bayanduuren and Saydamatov also met in the world championship finals in 2022 and 2024, and that the Mongolian has now won all three. Zogii.mn described him as the first Mongolian to become a three-time world champion in combat sambo.

Athletes from 101 countries took part, including 20 from Mongolia. LiveTV.mn reported that D. Sarantuya won silver in women’s 54 kg sport sambo and G. Byambasuren won bronze in the women’s 50 kg category.