Georgia’s wrestling team crowned champions at Cadet Euro Championships

Georgian junior wrestlers took home six medals and the champion's title among teams from the Cadet European Championships that finished in Sarajevo on Sunday.

The Greco-Roman team's athletes Giorgi Shotadze (58kg category) and Beka Guruli (65kg) emerged from the competition with gold medals to their name.

The former scored his result in a close contest against Mustafa Safa Yildirim of Turkey with a final score 3-1. In the other fixture, Guruli came back from a five-point deficit to defeat Myroslav Solovian of Ukraine 10-7.

Beka Guruli celebrates his title in the 65kg category. Photo: United World Wrestling.

Giorgi Tsopurashvili earned silver after conceding defeat to Russia's Aues Gonibov in the 76kg, while Akaki Osiashvili (50kg), Davit Sologhashvili (69kg) and Otar Abuladze (63kg) claimed bronze medals.

The results also gave the Georgian team the champions' title among teams with 69 points, ahead of Russia with 60 and Hungary on 50 points.

The success of Georgia's Greco-Roman wrestlers comes after their freestyle counterparts claimed medals at the tournament last week.

The Cadet European Championships ran in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital from July 24-30.