Wrestler Zurab Datunashvili claims European championship gold
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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.
Datunashvili emerged as the ultimate winner of the Greco-Roman discipline at the tournament in his 80kg weight category on the final day of the championships.
The Georgian athlete defeated Radzik Kuliyeu of Belarus with a score 4-2 in the final to take the honours at the competition held in the Serbian city of Novi Sad.
Datunashvili reached the final by edging past Russia’s Adlan Akiev (with a score 2-1) in the semifinal.
The Georgian had also scored a convincing 8-0 victory against Czech Republic’s Petr Novak in the quarterfinal and a 3-2 win over Bulgaria’s Daniel Tihomirov Aleksandrov in the Last 16 round.
The European tournament featured teams from 38 countries and included matches in freestyle, Greco-Roman and women’s wrestling disciplines.
Datunashvili (second from left) photographed with podium finishers in the Greco-Roman discipline. Photo: Gabor Martin/United World Wrestling.
The freestyle champion’s title in the 61kg category was swept by Georgia’s 2016 Olympic gold medal-winner Vladimer Khinchegashvili, who came out on top in his final against Akhmed Chakaev of Russia on Friday.
The Georgian team also claimed two bronze medals at the championships through efforts of Zurab Iakobishvili and Elizbar Odikadze.
Georgia’s freestyle wrestler Vladimer Khinchegashvili has been crowned European Champion at the European Senior Wrestling Championships currently being held in Serbia.
Georgian wrestler Giorgi Melia is the new wrestling junior world champion after he triumphed in the 96kg category of the Greco-Roman wrestling discipline at the tournament in Macon in eastern France.
Georgian athletes have won a gold and two silver medals at the Junior European Wrestling Championships, currently underway in Romania, putting the team in the lead after the first day of the international contest.
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 Olympic, world and European champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili is the world’s number one wrestler in the 61kg weight category.
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 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.
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.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia won the silver medal in the 55 kg category at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Belgrade, the Georgian Wrestling Federation said on Sunday. The 25-year-old athlete collected the silver after conceding the final match of the weight division 0:8 to Azerbaijani’s Eldaniz Azizli.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Leri Abuladze won the silver medal in the 63 kg category at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Belgrade, the Georgian Wrestling Federation said on Monday.