Sambo bets gear up for world meet

MANILA, Philippines — Sydney Sy recently flew to Paris to train and prepare for the World Sambo Championships slated Nov. 12 to 14 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan where she will face the best in the sport from 80 participating countries.

Sy, 21, is out to improve, if not duplicate, her bronze medal finish in the same International Sambo Federation (FIAS)-sanctioned event staged in Serbia last year.

The 2018 Bucharest World Championship bronze medalist will train at the Paris University Club of Sambo and Montpellier Sporting Club in a campaign that is being funded by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

Sy will be joined by 2019 SEA Games gold medalist Chino Sy, Cresente Navarez and Mariane Mariano in Tashkent.