Judo: Georgian Guram Tushishvili becomes European champion
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Georgia has won gold, silver and bronze medals at the European Judo Championship in Poland’s capital of Warsaw.
Guram Tushishvili became the European champion and took the gold medal in the over100 kg category defeating another Georgian judoka Adam Okruashvili who received silver, while Beka Gviniashvili in the under 90 kg category got the bronze.
Georgian Guram Tushishvili won over Adam Okruashvili at the European Judo Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Photo by European Judo Union / Photographer: Emanuele Di Feliciantonio
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili took to his official Facebook page to congratulate Georgia with the triumph.
One gold, one silver, one bronze! Congratulations for our judokas' success at the European championship”, Margvelashvili posted.
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