Nina Tibilashvili, Irma Khetsuriani claim gold at French wheelchair fencing tournament
Tweet 
Share
Wheelchair fencers Nina Tibilashvili and Irma Khetsuriani claimed their newest international titles after placing first among competition in Sarrebourg, France.
The two Georgian athletes emerged victorious in their respective categories at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation satellite tournament in the north-eastern French commune.
Tibilashvili claimed her gold medal for a win in the A Category at the event, while Khetsuriani was first from B Category competitors.
The Sarrebourg tournament featured three Georgian fencers — with Gvantsa Zadishvili also on the team — alongside their French counterparts.
They were involved in matches of the competition than ran between May 25-27 and was added to the IWAS calendar recently.
World Cup winners Khetsuriani and Tibilashvili have finished in winning positions in major wheelchair fencing competitions over the recent years.
Their most recent World Cup honours came in Montreal, Canada in April.
Georgia’s wheelchair fencers emerged from last weekend’s World Cup in Montreal, Canada with seven medals and second spot for the country at the tournament.
Georgia’s World Cup-winning wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani received gold in the Sabre B category and silver in Foil B category at the competition. Nina Tibilashvili, another member of the Georgian team and a World Cup gold medallist ended with bronze in the Sabre A category.
Georgia’s World Cup-winning wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani collected another gold at the newly launched Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Rome on Tuesday.
Georgia's Nina Tibilashvili followed the title-winning efforts of her friend and compatriot Irma Khetsuriani on Wednesday by claiming gold at the Wheelchair Fencing U17/U23 World Championships in Warsaw.
Georgia's Wheelchair Fencing World Cup gold-winning athlete Irma Khetsuriani earned a bronze at the World Cup event closing in Warsaw tomorrow.