Georgian wrestler becomes world champion
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Georgian wrestler Zviad Pataridze has won gold at today’s Junior Wrestling World Championships defeating his Kyrgyz challenger Roman Kim.
According to United World Wrestling, this is Pataridze’s third title at the Championships.
Pataridze’s three world titles equals the three crowns he has won at the European junior championships, bringing his total in major age-group competitions to nine – with a one European cadet crown along with two cadet world titles", the webpage said.
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— World Wrestling (@wrestling) August 6, 2017
Athletes win four gold, one bronze medals
Georgia is team champion of the United World Wrestling (UWW) Junior World Championships after athletes won four golds and a bronze medal this week at an international competition for young wrestlers.
Georgian athletes have won a gold and two silver medals at the Junior European Wrestling Championships, currently underway in Romania, putting the team in the lead after the first day of the international contest.
Young Georgian wrestlers have dominated an international competition in Austria after winning medals in all categories of the tournament.
Georgia’s junior Greco-Roman wrestlers have triumphed at the 2015 Junior Wrestling World Championships in Brazil.
Two athletes of Georgia’s national wrestling team collected bronze medals at the World Championships in Paris to kick-start the country’s participation in the tournament on Monday.
The Georgian team of Greco-Roman wrestlers has won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the international wrestling tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Today Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Shmagi Bolkvadze (66kg) became the World champion.
Georgian athletes will return with twelve medals from the Outstanding Ukrainian Wrestlers and Coaches Memorial tournament in Kiev after three days of competition that finished today.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers under 23 have won four gold and one bronze medals at the European Championship which is being held in Serbia.