On 6–8 November 2026, the 50th Sambo World Championship was held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). It brought together athletes from over 100 countries. Participants competed in sports and combat sambo. Also, there was sambo for athletes with visual impairments.

Sofiia BORDINSKYKH, a Medical Institute student in A7 “Physical Education and Sports”, won the bronze medal.

Sofiia competed in female combat sambo in the weight class up to 59 kg. Based on results of her bouts, she took the third place and became the bronze medalist.

Other SumDU members also competed at the championship. Oleksii MOISIEIEV (BIEM student) took the fifth place in male sports sambo – weight class over 98 kg. Yuliia ZASULSKA (TESET graduate) competed in the weight class up to 50 kg.

Sofiia’s successful performance and participation of other representatives in competitions attest to the high potential of the SumDU sports community and its active presence on the world stage.

We congratulate Sofiia Bordinskykh on this achievement and wish her further success! We thank all athletes, their coaches and mentors for hard work and representing SumDU with dignity on the international stage!