Artem Osipenko was one of five Russian champions at the FIAS President's Cup ©Getty Images

Five of seven gold medals were won by Russians at the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President's Cup in Saint Petersburg.

Artem Osipenko of Russia - one of five world champions at the event - beat Georgia's Beka Berdzenishvili 4-0 in the over-98 kilograms final, while Temirlan Kolbay of Kazakhstan and Belarusian Dzmitry Khakhlou were awarded bronze medals.

Osipenko's compatriot Anton Konovalov humbled Andrei Kazusionak in the under-98kg class as he crushed the Belarusian 6-0 to win the gold-medal match in 1min 53secs.

Konovalov did not conceded a single point in any of his three bouts, winning 8-0 and 2-0 his previous fights.

Kazusionak won the 100kg world title in Serbia last year

Uzbekistan's Ikhtiyor Eshmurodov was 4-0 up against Russia's Sergey Ryabov in the under-88kg category, but the title was awarded to Ryabov after his opponent was issued with a penalty.

Savva Karakizidis, in blue, was one of two non-Russian winners ©Getty Images
Savva Karakizidis, in blue, was one of two non-Russian winners ©Getty Images

Eshmurodov had been dominant in the tournament, winning his other matches 7-0 and 4-0.

Uali Kurzhev continued Russia's success by beating Ulugbek Rakhmonov of Uzbekistan 3-1 in the under-79kg gold-medal match despite conceding two penalties.

Nikita Kletskov then scraped past Sarbon Ernazarov 3-2 in a thrilling encounter where Kletskov was helped by three penalties in his favour in another Russia-versus-Uzbekistan final won by the host nation, this time at under-71kg.

Greek sambist Savva Karakizidis prevented Russian dominance in the under-64kg class, beating home fighter Aleksandr Kulikovskikh in the semi-finals and overcoming Khomidjon Muminov from Uzbeistan 1-0 in the final.

Georgian Vakhtangi Chidrashvili was awarded victory in the under-58kg final against Tajikistan's Akmaliddin Karimov after the bout ended 0-0.

There were 54 sambists from 21 countries competing in the invitational tournament overall.  

Russia got five gold medals and one bronze to top the medal table - Georgia and Uzbekistan each won four medals.