Georgian freestyle wrestlers earn two medals at Minsk European Games
Silver medal winner Vladimer Khinchegashvili. Photo: Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Georgia.
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Georgian freestyle wrestlers have earned two medals at the Minsk European Games yesterday.
2016 Olympic champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili (65 kg) took silver, defeating Russian wrestler Akhmed Chakaev but in the final he lost to Azerbaijani athlete Haji Aliyev with a score of 10:2.
Watch the video on Georgian Olympic champion Khinchegashvili with English subtitles.
Freestyle wrestler Elizbar Odikadze (97 kg) took a bronze medal, having defeated Muraz Mchedlidze, a Georgian athlete competing on behalf of Ukraine.
The Georgian team has accumulated 24 medals so far: six gold, seven silver and 11 bronze.
Georgia ranked fifth during Minsk European Games. Photo: Screenshot from the official website of the games.
The Georgian team is ranked 5th at Minsk European Games.
The championship began on June 21 and will continue until June 30.
Georgian athletes have elevated their team to third place in medal rankings after a haul of prizes over the first four days of the European Games held in Minsk.
Georgian judoka Guram Tushishvili became the champion of the 2nd European Games in Minsk, Belarus. Tushishvili, 24, defeated a Russian judoka Inal Tasoev in the over 100 category. The Georgian judoka won the world championship in 2018, and the European championship in 2017.
A total of 61 athletes from Georgia have departed for Belarus to participate in the second edition of the European Games to be held from June 21-30.
Last night Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met Georgia’s 40 Olympic athletes including seven medalists who brought home two gold, one silver and four bronze medals.
Georgian athletes have won two more silver medals at the final day of the 2nd European Games 2019, bringing the total amount of medals to 30 for the country.