Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze named best athlete of 2018
Lasha Talakhadze, winner of Europe and world championship, has been named the best athlete of the year.
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The National Olympic committee of Georgia has summarised the year of 2018 activities and announced the best athletes of the year.
Lasha Talakhadze, Georgian weightlifter who won the Europe and world championship, has been named the best athlete of the year.
“This has been an exceptional year for sport, one of the most successful and fruitful in Georgia's history. However, we can achieve even more and sport will be among the government's top priorities next year as well,” Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport Mikheil Batiashvili said while congratulating athletes on their awards.
He has promised that new sports infrastructure and better training conditions will ensure more success for Georgian athletes next year.
The champion of the third youth Olympic games, wrestler Giorgi Chkhikvadze was named young athlete of the year.
Weightlifter and Olympic champion in the 105 kg + category Lasha Talakhadze has received three gold medals and beaten the world record the world championship held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
Weightlifter and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze has won the Georgian championship.
A special group of experts and advisers from the IOC visited Georgia in March to learn about the country’s mountain resorts’ infrastructure.
The meeting was also attended by the Vice-President of European Olympic Committees Niels Nygaard, the Minister of Culture and Sport Mikheil Giorgadze and the President of Georgian Olympic Committee Leri Khabelov.
Georgian weightlifter, winner of the world and European championship, Lasha Talakhadze has been named as the athlete of the year by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport last night at an award ceremony held at Rustaveli Theatre.
Two Georgian athletes capped their successful seasons by topping end-of-year international rankings, with teenage football talent Giorgi Chakvetadze and the country’s tennis star Nikoloz Basilashvili closing the year on a high.
Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze has won three gold medals in the European Weightlifting Federation’s championship, which was held in Georgia’s seaside town of Batumi on April 6-13.
Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze has made history by snatching 219kg at the Georgian championship yesterday. Talakhadze, 26, was competing in the +109 kg category in the Georgian Weightlifting Championship that was held in Tbilisi on August 15-17.
Georgian judoka Lukhum Chkhvetiani has made a history by winning the World Championships Senior 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Watch Chkhvetiani defeate an Uzbek Sharafuddin Lutfillaev in -60kg category.
Georgia's weightlifting champion Lasha Talakhadze has earned his fourth global title and set new world records at the World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
Georgian top weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze, who is an Olympic champion and a four-time world and European champion, was named as the athlete of the year for the second consecutive year.
Georgian weightlifter and Olympic champion Lasha Talakhadze has triumphed in the European Senior Weightlifting Championship in Moscow by receiving three gold medals and breaking the European and world records. Overall, Georgian athletes have grabbed a total of eight gold, four silver and one bronze medals.