Won "neutral" Russians: Ukrainian Sambists took 3 gold medals at World Games 2025
"Our heroes of the day are Sambo fighters Andrey Kucherenko, Vladislav Rudnev, Petro Davydenko! Today they did everything to make their neutral rivals listen to the anthem of Ukraine three times in a row," the ministry said. Andrey Kucherenko won the first medal of Ukraine in combat sambo at the World Games-2025. He won gold in the weight category up to 71 kg in a duel with Rolan Zinnatov, a Russian athlete who performed in a Chinese Chenda under a neutral flag.
"Andrew celebrated his victory immediately on the carpet by a victorious hop!" - told the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Kucherenko sent Zinnatov to the knockdown already at the start of the duel with his head, and then won the "neutral" opponent with a score of 6: 1, says "Public". The second gold medal was brought to Ukraine by Vladislav Rudnev. He met in the weight category up to 79 kg with a "neutral" athlete Ovannes Abgarian.
The rivals could not open the account for a long time after the start of the battle, but the Ukrainian fighter eventually conducted a series of attacks and defeated the Russian with a score of 3: 0. The third "gold" has won the three -time bronze medalist of the World Championships Petro Davydenko in the weight category up to 88 kg. He defeated the "neutral" Sambista Abusupian Alikhanova with a score of 4: 1 thanks to successful throw and grip at the end of the duel.
In total, there are 26 medals in Ukraine at World Games 2025, of which 11 are gold. Thanks to three victories, Ukraine on August 13 rose to the third place in the medal standings. We will remind, the President of the Sports Committee of Ukraine Ilya Shevlyak on August 7 told that at the opening ceremony of the World Games 2025 in China did not want to let the Ukrainian national team because of the form in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.