The Russian Sambo Championships among the Hearing Impaired were held In Zelenograd

The Russian Championships among the hearing impaired were held on November 4-6 in Zelenograd (Moscow). 86 athletes representing teams of 20 subjects of the Russian Federation took part in the tournament that was conducted in the Zelenograd Sports and Recreation Center “Record” of the Sporting school No 114.

Medals in 16 weight classes were played out: 9 for Men and 7 for Women.

Champions of Russia in SAMBO among the hearing impaired men became: Anton Samarin (The Republic of Bashkortostan), Budzhap Sambuev (The Republic of Buryatia), Grigory Bysykatov (The Sakha-Yakutia Republic), Ruslan Askerov (The Republic of Dagestan), Arsen Dzhanarslanov (The Republic of Bashkortostan), Rostislav Berk (Chelyabinsk Oblast), Zaur Bedanokov (The Republic of Adygea), Mikhail Sidorov (The Republic of Bashkortostan), Sergei Tarasov (Saint-Petersburg).

Champions among women: Alina Pozdeeva (Chelyabinsk Oblast), Zhanna Kuznetsova (Chelyabinsk Oblast), Liana Timasheva (The Republic of Bashkortostan), Inna Strinagluk (The Sakha-Yakutia Republic), Anna Gneusheva (The Republic of Buryatia), Mila Slepysheva (Samara Oblast), Olesya Yastrebova (The Republic of Bashkortostan).

In the team event the first place was taken by the Republic of Bashkortostan, while teams from Moscow and Chelyabinsk Oblast took the second and the third places respectively.

As the tournament went on, a meeting of the Executive Board of International Committee of Sports for The Deaf presided by Valery Ruhledev was held in Lausanne (Switzerland). In the course of the meeting the decision was made to hold the World SAMBO Championships among the hearing impaired in August 2018 in Maikop (The Republic of Adygea, Russia).