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South Ossetian fighters Sarmat Kokoev, Amid Esekkuev, Vadim Gagloev and Radion Kumaritov have become the winners of the Xth international boxing tournament held in the city of Sovetsk (Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation - Ed) in memory of the master of sports of the USSR Vladimir Emelyanov.
As the coach of the athletes Murat Kokoev has informed IA "Res", "the competition was attended by athletes from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland born in 1995-1996. In the weight class up to 81 kilograms two our boxers Sarmat Kokoev and Radion Kumaritov met in the final. At the end of the battle Kokoev defeated on points and Kumaritov respectively won the silver medal."

South Ossetian sportsmen Azamat Valiev, Ruslan Kumaritov and Sarmat Laliev won bronze at the X international boxing tournament in memory of the USSR master of sports Vladimir Emelyanov.

A well-known Ossetian professional boxer, the WBC European champion in the weight class up to 66.6 kg, the WBC youth world champion, the WBC youth world intercontinental champion a champion of Asia Aslanbek Kozaev defended the WBC European title in the weight class up to 66.6 kg. As IA "Res" has been informed by a coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "the fight took place on September 28 in Brussels. A rival of our athlete was a 26 year old Belgian boxer Sasha Vahanian, who had already held 22 fights and all scored a victory, 14 of which he won by knockout ."

An athlete from Tskhinval Akhsar Tadtaev took the third place in the Thai boxing championship of Russia among athletes born in 1997-1998. The tournament is being held in Anapa within the frames of the V-th Open All- Russian Youth Martial Arts Games.

The Ossetian mixed martial arts fighter Alan Gigolaev will hold the title fight in the championship of Georgia (USA) in the weight class up to 70 kilograms. According to the sportsman, he will defend his championship belt in a fight with the American boxer Marcus Jackson.

A boxing evening will be held in Tskhinval. As the news agency "Res" has been informed by a member of the Boxing Federation of South Ossetia, the honored coach of South Ossetia Vitaly Slanov, "the event is scheduled for October 12, 2012. The tournament is held to promote further development of boxing in our Republic, the healthy lifestyle, physical education and sport".

September 15 the Ossetian athlete Alan Gigolaev will defend his title of Georgia (USA) in mixed martial arts in the weight category up to 70 kilograms. Before the title fight Gigolaev told the correspondent of IA "Res" in detail about the upcoming bout, mixed martial arts trainings.

Karateka Christina Zhuravleva finished third at the Kyokushinkai karate competitions, which are being held these days within the frames of the V-th Open All-Russian Youth Games of martial arts in Anapa. As IA "Res" has been informed by the head coach of the Kyokushin-Kan Karate Federation of South Ossetia Vladimir Sozaev, "Zhuravleva held three matches. She has won two of them, and one lost with insignificant advantage to her opponent and eventually won a bronze medal "- said Sozaev.

An athlete fromTskhinval Akhsar Tadtaev has reached the semifinal of the Russian Thai boxing Championship among the athletes born in 1997 - 1998.

The athlete of the judo school in Znaur district of South Ossetia Soslan Valiev won the silver medal in Sambo competitions held within the frames of the V-th Open All-Russian Youth Games of martial arts, that are being held these days in Anapa.