Georgia scores 3 medals, including gold, at European championship day 1
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Georgia’s Greco-Roman wrestling team turned in three medal-winning performances at the ongoing European Championship in Kaspiysk, Russia to claim honours on day one of the competition.
Of Georgia’s medal-earning athletes, Robert Kobliashvili claimed gold in the 87kg category on Monday with his defeat of home favourite Bekhan Ozdoev.
Scoring a win of 3:2, Kobliashvili’s success was added to by Nugzar Tsurtsumia’s bronze in 55kg and another third-placed result by Iakob Kajaia in 130kg, on the same day.
The result has also propelled Georgia to second place in team ranking with 71 points, behind Russia’s 90, before three other athletes of the team compete for more honours later today.
Shmagi Bokvadze (67kg) will face Russia’s Artyom Surkov for gold in the weight category, while junior world champion Davit Chkhartishvili will aim for a bronze in 60kg.
Georgia’s Iuri Lomadze (top) will seek his medal in the 72kg later today. Photo: National Wrestling Federation of Georgia.
Iuri Lomadze, competing in 72kg, will also have an opportunity to write his name among medal-winning wrestlers of the European contest.
Today’s matches will round off the tournament held in Russia’s Dagestan Republic.
Today Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Shmagi Bolkvadze (66kg) became the World champion.
The Georgian team of Greco-Roman wrestlers has won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the international wrestling tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Georgian junior wrestlers took home six medals and the champion's title among teams from the Cadet European Championships that finished in Sarajevo on Sunday.
Wrestler Zurab Datunashvili claimed his second European champion’s title in two years and brought Georgia their second gold medal at the European Senior Wrestling Championships on Sunday.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers under 23 have won four gold and one bronze medals at the European Championship which is being held in Serbia.
Georgian Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestlers have won four medals at the World Championship held in Kazakhstan, which is the best result ever by Georgian wrestlers in one season.