SAMBO in the USSR: The First European Sambo Championship in Riga in 1972
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SAMBO IN THE USSR: The First European Championship in Riga in 1972: At the stadium of the Riga Sports Palace, athletes demonstrate their national wrestling styles – Armenian "Kokh" wrestling; Moldovan "Trynta" wrestling; Georgian "Chidaoba" wrestling; Yakut "Khapsagay" wrestling; Tatar "Kuryash" wrestling; and Azerbaijani "Gyulesh" wrestling.
Sambists demonstrate elements of sambo wrestling.
Emblem of the 1st European Sambo Championship.
Parade of championship participants featuring Mongolian and Japanese wrestlers.
The referee strikes the gong.
On the mat is the first final pair – wrestlers weighing up to 58 kilograms: Soviet athlete V. Kyullenen and Bulgarian P. Parvanov.
The moment of the bout – a throw over the back with an arm lock.
The referee introduces the winner of the bout – V. Kyullenen. V. Kyllönen is congratulated on his victory.
European Junior Champion V. Nevzorov and Mongolian wrestler Domirangin wrestle on the mat. V. Nevzorov applies a submission hold.
The winner of the bout is V. Nevzorov.
A massage therapist massages the arm of a Japanese wrestler.
A match between super welterweight wrestlers A. Fedorov and Japanese wrestler K. Kuramoto. A. Fedorov applies a submission hold.
The winner of the match is A. Fedorov.
Soviet wrestler V. Rukhlyaev and his coach before his performance.
World Champion, Japanese wrestler N. Sato before his appearance on the mat.
V. Rukhlyaev and N. Sato wrestle on the mat.
The winner is N. Sato.
Light heavyweight sambists S. Novikov (USSR) and S. Hidehara (Japan) wrestle on the mat. The referee introduces the winner of the bout – S. Novikov.
The coach hugs and kisses S. Novikov.
Heavyweight sambo wrestlers – Soviet athlete V. Kuznetsov and Japanese athlete E. Anzai – compete on the mat.
V. Kuznetsov performs back and chest throws, as well as a painful hold.
The winner of the bout is V. Kuznetsov.
The Soviet sambo wrestlers, who won eight gold medals, stand with their trophies. #sambo #sambo #1972