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Ivan Harkov Conquered the World for the Second Time! The Bulgarian Won Gold in Tashkent

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Ivan Harkov has once again reached the top of the world in sambo. The 29-year-old Bulgarian won the gold medal in the 79 kg category at the World Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and won the second world title in his career. In the final bout in the sport sambo discipline, Harkov defeated Armenian Boris Shatveryan with 2:0 points. Thus, the Bulgarian athlete added another prestigious award to his rich collection, after earlier in the year h…

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Ivan Harkov has once again reached the top of the world in sambo. The 29-year-old Bulgarian won the gold medal in the 79 kg category at the World Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and won the second world title in his career. In the final bout in the sport sambo discipline, Harkov defeated Armenian Boris Shatveryan with 2:0 points. Thus, the Bulgarian athlete added another prestigious award to his rich collection, after earlier in the year h…

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Russian sambist Demid Volkov won the gold medal at the Sambo World Championships in Tashkent. In a final match of up to 88 kg in the wolkov combat sambo, he won over Tajikistan's representative Khalid Tolibzoda, handed over RIA "News" to RIA. Earlier at the same tournament, Sophia Emelukov became the holder of the silver medal in a sports sambo (up to 50 kg), while Alexander Pshenynov won the bronze in the category up to 58 kg. The Championate f…

Ivan Kharkov won the second world title of his career after triumphing in the 79 kg category at the Sambo Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Bulgarian won the final over the Armenian Boris Shatveryan with 2:0 points and earned the gold medal. Thus, the 29-year-old athlete consolidated his excellent form during the year, after previously winning the European title in Tbilisi. For Kharkov, this is the second world gold after his success in …

Bulgarian Ivan Harkov became champion of the World Sambo Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and for the second time in his career climbed to the highest ...

He won the 2026 Sambo World Championships in a weight category of up to 88 kg.

At the planetary forum, our athlete won up to 50 kilos in weight, with German Christine Woltz, Bambasuren Ganbaatar of Mongolia and French woman Seforu Korsher on her way to the Copaev final.

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sportal.bg broke the news on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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