Georgian wrestlers claim 3 gold, 7 bronze at Poland Open
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Georgian wrestlers swept 10 medals including three gold at the United World Wrestling Poland Open after competing in the three-day tournament in Warsaw that concluded on Sunday.
European champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili claimed gold along with fellow athletes Zurab Iakobishvili and Levan Arabuli at the event that ran along with memorial tournaments for Polish wrestlers Waclaw Ziolkowski and Wladyslaw Pytlasinski.
Involving freestyle and Greco-Roman fixtures, the competition attracted participants from around the world in eight weight categories for each of the disciplines.
Khinchegashvili defeated Moldova's Andrei Perpelita in the 61kg final, while Iakobishvili and Arabuli claimed champion's titles in the 70kg and 130kg categories against Russia's Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov and Lithuania's Mantas Knystautas respectively.
Seven other members of the Georgian team collected bronze medals at the competition that ran in the Polish capital from July 7.
Beka Lomtadze, Avtandil Kentchadze, Davit Khutsishvili and Elizbar Odikadze were awarded in the 61kg, 74kg, 86kg and 97kg freestyle categories, while Giorgi Meshvildishvili also finished third in the 125kg.
Shmagi Bolkvadze and Robert Kobliashvili rounded off the success of the Georgian team with bronze medals in 71kg and 85kg of the Greco-Roman discipline.
The team of Georgian wrestlers has won 13 medals in total at the European Junior Wrestling Championship held in Dortmund, Germany between June 27 and July 2.
Georgian Olympic, world and European champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili is the world’s number one wrestler in the 61kg weight category.
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.
Young Georgian wrestlers have claimed six medals at the ongoing U23 Senior European Championships in Hungary, with three athletes claiming gold in their respective categories.
Georgian wrestlers brought home five medals, including gold for Giorgi Tcholadze and Giorgi Gegelashvili, from the Cadet European Championships hosted in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo.
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.
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.