National team of Ukraine took second place in the European Sambo Championship

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The European Sambo Championship among men and women ended in Athens, Greece.

Ukraine team, which was represented by 27 athletes, jointly took the second place in the Championship. This was reported by the press service of the Sports Committee of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian team took 19 awards (seven gold, six silver and six bronze medals).

The first place in the competition took Russians, collecting 24 medals (12 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze).

«We have proved that the Russians can be defeated. Like the women’s team, winning the European Championship in 2015, did, and now – our team from the combat section did the same. By the total number of awards we have significantly reduced the gap. We will continue our efforts to keep this high rate of progress», – summed up the head coach of the national team Michael Rudenko.

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