Ua lanakila 'o Muminjan Arzikulov 'o Turkmen i ka mekala gula ma ka 2026 World Sambo Championships, i mālama 'ia ma ke kapikala o Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Ua ho'okûkû 'o ia i ka sambo kaua ma ka māhele paona a hiki i ka 71 kilokani a ua loa'a 'o ia i ke po'okela honua.
Ma ke ala i ka mekala gula, ua hakakā ʻo Mumindzhan Arzikulov i ʻelima mau hakakā a lanakila ma luna o kona mau hoa paio a pau. I ka hopena 1/16, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Russian Rolan Zinnatov me ka helu 1: 0, a ma ka 1/8 hope ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Tunisian Omar Reguigui me ka helu 4: 0. Ma ka hapaha hope, ua hui ka 'âlapa Turkmen me ka 'elele o ka Netherlands, David van Doorn, a lanakila 'o ia me ka helu 2:0.
I ka semi-finals, ua hoʻokūkū ka mea pāʻani Turkmen me ka wrestler Kazakh sambo Nythan Toleukhan. Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana i kēia pāʻani, ua hiki ʻo ia i ka hopena. I ke kaua ko'iko'i no ka mekala gula, 'o kona hoa paio 'o Ukrainian Andrey Kucherenko. Ua lanakila ʻo Mumindzhan Arzikulov i ka pāʻani hope loa me ka helu 4:2 a lanakila i ka mekala gula ma ka hoʻokūkū honua.
Nā hopena o nā hakakā a pau o ka mea hoʻokūkū Turkmen ma ka hoʻokūkū:
1/16 hope loa: Rolan Zinnatov (Lūkia) - 1:0;
1/8 hope loa: Omar Reguigui (Tunisia) - 4:0;
ʻO ka hapahā: David van Doorn (Netherlands) - 2:0;
Semi-hope: Nyatkhan Toleukhan (Kazakhstan) - lanakila;
Hopena: Andrey Kucherenko (Ukraine) – 4:2.
Ua lilo kēia lanakila i ka mekala gula ʻelua o Mumindzhan Arzikulov ma nā hoʻokūkū honua. Ma mua, ua lilo ʻo ia i poʻokela honua ma sambo ma ka hoʻokūkū i mālama ʻia ma Nowemapa 8–10, 2024 ma Kazakhstan.
No laila, ua lanakila 'o ia i nā mekala gula ma ka ho'okûkû honua ma 2024 a me 2026, ua lilo ka 'âlapa Turkmen i 'elua manawa i po'okela honua ma sambo.
