Georgian brothers become world champions in freestyle wrestling
Both brothers are now world champions in freestyle wrestling in the under-23 age category. Photo: U23 world championships press office.
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On the second day of the world championships of freestyle wrestling in Bucharest, Georgian brothers Avtandil and Nikoloz Kenchadze have become the world champions in the under-23 category.
Nikoloz Kenchadze, competing in the 79 kg category, gained the title yesterday while his brother Avtandil received a gold medal today in the 74 kg category.
Avtandil Kenchadze defeated his Romanian opponent in the final round, while Nikoloz Kenchadze won his match against a member of the Russian team.
On 13 November Georgian wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia won the Greco-Roman wrestling world championship in the 55kg category.
The same day Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Zviad Pataridze became the world champion in the 130 kg category for the sixth time.
On 14 November Gela Bolkvadze, competing in the in 82 kg category, also won the world championship.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Tetriashvili, 24, won the world championship for the second time yesterday in Budapest.
The National Georgian freestyle wrestling team has displayed great skill in the Freestyle World Cup 2016 and won bronze for their efforts. The competition took place in Los Angeles, the United States (US) on June 11 and 12.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Zurab Iakobashvili has won the gold medal at the Wrestling World Championship that took place in the French capital of Paris.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili has won the gold medal at the Wrestling World Championship that took place in the French capital of Paris last night.
All nine Georgian freestyle wrestlers under 23, who participated in the Bulgarian International Tournament last week, won gold medals.
Four Georgian athletes won gold at the Beach Wrestling World Series (BWWS) in Rio de Janeiro. Levan Keleksashvili (70kg), Davit Khutsishvili (80kg), Davit Marsagishvili (90kg) and Mamuka Kordzaia (+90kg) have two more tournaments ahead to qualify for the 2019 ANOC World Beach Games in San Diego this October.
Georgian wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia defeated his Russian rival Elchin Ibragimov at the wrestling competition in Poland yesterday. Tsurtsumia, who is a Greco-Roman style wrestler, has won gold in the 55kg category.
Georgia is among the top five countries that have qualified for the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in the United States, the Georgian wrestling federation announced on Tuesday.