JUDO – Bahrain’s senior men’s judo national team bagged a golden double to headline an impressive four-medal haul at the Asian Senior Championships 2026 Individuals, held in Ordos, China.
Said Sadrudinov and Ruslan Poltoratskii both claimed their continental titles while countrymen Askerbii Gerbekov and Israpil Sagaipov added two bronze medals.
Sadrudinov captured his gold in the men’s under-100kg weight division.
He defeated Dzhafar Kostoev of the UAE in the final after taking care of Dzhakhongir Madzhidov of Tajikistan in the last four.
Earlier Sadrudinov emerged as winner of Pool D in the preliminary round, where he claimed victories against Krish Alpeshbhai Rakholiya of India and Marat Baikamurov of Kazakhstan.
Poltoratskii claimed his continental crown in the men’s under-60kg class, where he beat Yung Wei Yang of Chinese Taipei in the title bout.
Poltoratskii earlier won against Aman Bakytzhan of Kazakhstan in the semi-finals, after emerging in first place of Pool D in the preliminaries, where he triumphed against Sin Hyok An of North Korea and Samariddin Kuchkarov of Uzbekistan.
Meanwhile, Gerbekov came away with his men’s under-81kg bronze medal after winning his repechage final against Behruzi Khojazoda of Tajikistan.
Earlier, he defeated fellow-Bahraini Gadzhidavud Gasanov in the first match of the repechage round.
Gerbekov completed the opening phase as runner-up in Pool B, where he claimed a win against Samuel Daniel Olaiya of Chinese Taipei but then lost to Gadzhimurad Omarov of the UAE.
Gasanov was runner-up in Pool A, where he beat Jaeyun Sim of South Korea but then bowed to Somon Makhmadbeko of Tajikistan.
Sagaipov was a bronze-medallist in the under-90kg category.
He secured his place on the podium after winning against Muhammadjon Abdujalilzoda of Tajikistan in their repechage contest.
He had earlier lost to Jonghoon Kim in the semi-finals, which prevented him from battling for gold.
Sagaipov earlier won his preliminary pool B, where he claimed victories against Erzhan Kanatbekov of Kyrgyzstan and Peng-Yu Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Bahrain’s four medals earned them fifth place overall on the final standings. Mongolia were overall champions, followed by Tajikistan, hosts China, and North Korea.
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