Georgian Karate fighter defeats world and European champion, wins German premier league
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Georgian Karate fighter Gogita Arkania has won the German premier league-German Open, one of the most prestigious competition in the sport.
In the final battle last week he defeated the European and the world champion in Karate Jonathan Horne, a captain of the German team.
Arkania (84kg) held six fights, the last one with Horne.
104 sportsmen fought in his weight.
Arkania is a member of the Georgian Karate team and as experts say he has a good chance to represent Georgia at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Georgia has won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal at a prestigious international karate event in Qatar.
Georgia has won one silver and one bronze medal at a prestigious international karate event in the Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana.
Two Georgian karate fighters are among the best in the world after beating more than 1,000 athletes from 55 countries at an international karate tournament in Dubai.
The young Georgian karate fighters have won nine medals at the 1st European Fullcontact Karate Championship held in Rishon LeZion, Israel on March 23-24. Georgia took third place in the competition with four gold, two silver and three bronze medals.
Georgian Karate fighter Gogita Arkania has claimed a gold medal at the 2021 World Karate Championships, becoming the world champion for the second time. 37-year-old Arkania became the world champion for the first time in 2014.