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South Ossetian arm wrestlers will perform at the World Championships in Romania. The coach of the athletes Valery Dzhioev informed the IA "Res" about it. The sporting event, will be held in Bucharest from November 24 to December 3.

Arsen Khabalov went to the competition on Monday, he will perform in the + 80 kg weight ckass, Batradz Pliev will perform in the +85 kg weight class and Soslan Gassiev in the +110 kg weight class.

Sixteen prizes were taken by the South Ossetian athletes in all-style karate and hand-to-hand fighting at the X All-Russian cultural and sports festival "Peaceful Caucasus 2021".

The sporting event took place in Vladikavkaz.

In all-style karate, the winners of the competition were Andrey Tomaev, Elizaveta Alborova, Arsen Dzhioev and Mikhail Parastaev. Silver medals were taken by Alexei Chebotarev, David Kotaev, Atsamaz Bestaev, Marat Tedeev, Dmitry Guzitaev, Erik Siukaev, Shamil Bekoev and Arsen Laliev, and the bronze - by Renat Pukhaev.

Spartak Gazzayev won a gold medal in the over 80 kg weight class at the European Para taekwondo Championship.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Sports of North Ossetia, the competition was held in Istanbul on September 20-24.

The victory in Istanbul brought the Ossetian athlete the title of 6-time European champion. Gazzaev is training under the guidance of Aslanbek Dzitiev.

In addition, his ward Karina Raganina won the bronze medal in the weight class up to 57 kg.

The South Ossetian wrestlers will compete at the World Junior Freestyle Wrestling Championship,” the sportsmen's coach Tamerlan Kochiev told the “Res” news agency.

Famous athletes Andrey Bestaev and Soslan Dzhagaev will represent South Ossetia at the championship. As noted, by the coach Bestaev will compete in the weight category up to 125 kg, and Dzhagaev will compete in the weight category of 97 kg.

South Ossetian judoka Alana Alborova became the winner of the European Cup, reported the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports of the Republic. Alana, after winning the 5th Summer Youth Sports Contest as part of the Russian national team, flew to Italy, where the championship was held at the Ovidio Bernes track and field arena in Udine.

“353 athletes from 32 countries took part in it. Alana was fughting in the heaviest weight class. And at this tournament Alana managed to take revenge on her opponent, whom she lost earlier. .

South Ossetian athletes won three medals at the MMA FREE FIGHTING "UNITY 2021" mixed martial arts tournament, held in the Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ata.

According to the Committee on Youth Policy and Sports of the Republic, David Kotayev became the winner of the competition, the second place went to Artur Otdayev. Kazbek Kabulov won another silver medal.

The athletes were trained by Mamed Kulumbegov, Zelim Khasiev and Azamat Bestaev. MMA FREE FIGHTING "UNITY 2021" took place in the Kyrgyz city of Cholpon-Ata.

Former world champion in two versions, Russian Murat (IRON) Gassiev won the second fight in the heavyweight category and won the title of Asian champion according to the World Boxing Association (WBA). In a 10-round match held in Moscow, he won against German Michael Wallisch by technical knockout in the fourth round.

Gassiev carried out several powerful blows to the German's body, after which he staggered. But Gassiev's blows to the head became critical for Wallisch. The German fell near the ropes, the referee counted the knockdown.

Gassiev has a serious opponent, but our sportsman is in good shape, the Russian boxer's coach Vitaly Slanov commented to the "Res" agency about the upcoming fight.

Murat Gassiev will enter the ring against the WBO European heavyweight champion Michael Wallisch - this is another step towards the return of the Russian champion to the top.

On July 21, before the fight for the WBA Asia title, Murat Gassiev and his opponent Michael Wallisch were weighed. As a result of the procedure, Gassiev "outweighed" Wallisha - the Russian weighs 106.5 kilograms, Wallisch - 102.6 kilograms.

Four South Ossetian arm wrestlers are preparing for the World Championship, scheduled for the fall,” the coach of the athletes Valery Dzhioev told the “Res” news agency.

A large sporting event will take place in Batum from 17 to 26 September. Our athletes will participate as part as the Russian national team. The strongest arm wrestlers will perform at the competition: Soslan Gassiev, Arsen Khabalov, Batradz Pliev and Milena Doguzova.

“We are training actively, twice a day. We will try to perform with dignity,” said the coach.

General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation Kirill Shchekutyev spoke about the prospects of the outstanding Ossetian boxer Murat Gassiev.

According to REN TV, the sports functionary noted that the whole country was waiting for the Iron Ossetian to regain the belts of the world champion. And his next fight - against the German Michael Wallisch - is another step towards the return of the Russian champion to the top.