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The South Ossetian arm wrestlers performed brilliantly at the Russian championship, which allowed them to qualify for the world championship in Bulgaria in September, the athletes' coach Valery Dzhioev told IA Res.

The competition was being held in Orel from March 16 to 21 and brought together more than 700 participants from 55 regions of Russia.

"Among the young men, Dmitry Gabaraev rose to the top step of the podium, and David Pashchenko became the silver medalist," Dzhioev said.

A meeting was held in Vladikavkaz between the President of the Chess Federation of South Ossetia Georgy Shavlokhov and the International Grandmaster, World Champion, Senator of the Russian Federation Sergey Karyakin.

As reported to IA “Res” by Shavlokhov, during the meeting they discussed cooperation issues.

“We have agreed with Sergey Karyakin that we will interact with the Chess Federation of the Moscow Region and invite each other to joint events. We have also invited him to visit South Ossetia, and he accepted our invitation,” Shavlokhov has noted.

The Basketball Federation of South Ossetia signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Federations of Russia and Abkhazia.

As reported to IA "Res" by the head of the South Ossetian Federation Taimuraz Goginov, the signing took place in Sukhum on Thursday as part of the festive events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Abkhaz basketball.

The Memorandum with the Federation of Russia was signed by Taimuraz Goginov and the executive director of the Russian Basketball Federation Vladimir Dyachok.

Power lifters from South Ossetia will perform at the open international tournament "WPSO/WPC/WAO World Cup" in the Russian capital, - Levan Alborov, President of the Republic's Federation of Power lifting and Power Extreme, told IA "Res".

The major sporting event will be held in Moscow from November 30 to December 1. More than 600 athletes are expected to participate in the competition.

Murat Gassiev defeated the Dane Kem Ljungqvist in the main fight of the IBA Night of Champions tournament in Yerevan.

Gassiev knocked out his opponent in the last minute of the fifth round.

The victory was the 31st in the Ossetian athlete's professional career with two defeats. Ljungqvist suffered his first defeat with 18 victories.

The last time Gassiev entered the ring was in September 2023. Then he lost to the Swede Otto Wallin by split decision in Belek, Turkey.

The South Ossetian athlete Arsen Dzhioev will compete for a medal at the World Freestyle Wrestling Championship.

The large-scale competition will be held from October 23 to 25 in Tirana (Albania) among wrestlers under 23 years old, the athlete himself told IA “Res”.

“I will step on the mat on October 25. I will compete in the weight class up to 86 kg. I am actively preparing for the championship, now I am undergoing the training in Baku,” Dzhioev said.

Arsen will compete for the Azerbaijani national team.

The sports forum in Ufa is a great opportunity to meet colleagues from other countries, as well as discuss current issues on the development of sports, Alan Zasseev, Assistant to President of South Ossetia on sports issues, the world champion in freestyle wrestling, told IA "Res" .

The South Ossetian freestyle wrestler Alan Zasseev won the gold medal at the World Championships held in Croatia.
Zasseev have risen to the top step of the podium in the 88 kg weight class.
On the way to the final, the athlete had three fights with the wrestlers from Turkey, the USA and Japan. In the final, he was stronger than the wrestler from Lithuania.
The wrestler shared his first impressions after the victory with the "Res" news agency, and noted that he had achieved what he had been striving for for a very long time.

The freestyle wrestler from South Ossetia Alan Zasseev will compete in the World Championship in Croatia, the Republic's Sports Committee reports.

The World Freestyle Wrestling Championship among mat masters will be held from October 8 to 13.

"Alan will compete in the 88 kg weight ckass. He is being trained by coaches Tamerlan Kochiev, Azamat Kabisov and Marat Gagiev," the Committee has noted.

The well-known Ossetian heavyweight Murat Gassiev will return to the ring before the end of 2024.

As reported to TASS by the boxer's team, he should have his next fight in October or November.

"Murat will have his next fight in October-November. Preparations are underway now," a representative of Gassiev's team said.

Murat Gassiev had his last fight in September 2023, when he lost to Otto Wallin by split decision in Belek, Turkey. After that, the boxer underwent spinal surgery.