Sumo and Wushu finals dominate day three of World Combat Games in Riyadh

RIYADH: It was a golden day for Japan and Ukraine as Hayato Miwa and Svitlana Iaromka won the men’s and women’s open weight sumo titles at the World Combat Games in Riyadh on Sunday.

Miwa defeated Oleksandr Veresiuk of Ukraine for the title while Iaromka got the better of Viktoriia Tsaruk in an all-Ukrainian affair.

In the men’s competition, Japan and Ukraine also secured bronze medals through Taisei Matsuzono and Vazha Daiauri.

The two nations also bagged bronze medals in the women’s competition with Ivanna Berezovska of Ukraine beating compatriot Tsaruk and Airi Hisano leading the charge for Japan against Wioleta Paulina of Poland.

Sunday also saw the Wushu competition come to its conclusion, with China winning four gold medals.

Li Yueyao overcame Camargo Edinea of Brazil in the women’s 52kg final, Wu Xiaowei beat home Saudi favourite Abduljawad Sarah in the 60kg category, while Iranian Mansouriyan Shahrbano won against Raine Cristina of Brazil in the 70kg category.

On the men’s side, Li Zhaoyang registered a 2-1 victory by rounds against Rezaei Mohammadmahdi of Iran in the 70kg category, Jiang Haidong convincingly beat Pratama Laksmana Pandu of Indonesia in the 56kg contest, while Moshen El-Sifeldin and Boujekka Saad of Egypt and Morocco got to the top of podium in the 65kg and 75kg categories.