Turkmenistan's Muminjan Arzykulov wins a second combat sambo world title in Tashkent

At the 50th World Combat Sambo Championships in Tashkent on 10 November, Turkmenistan's Muminjan Arzykulov, 28, took gold in the 71 kg category. The athlete from Lebap region now holds the world title for the second time.

He opened the tournament by beating Rolan Zinnatov of Russia 1:0, then won against Omar Reguigui of Tunisia (4:0) and David Van Doorn of the Netherlands (2:0) to reach the semifinal, where he defeated Niyethan Toleuhan of Kazakhstan.

In the final Arzykulov faced Andrey Kucherenko of Ukraine and won 4:2.