Georgian judoka wins world championship
Guram Tushishvili gained the title of the world champion for the first time. Photo: Sportal.ge.
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Georgian Judoka Guram Tushishvili won the world championship several minutes ago.
In the final competition in the over 100 category he defeated Ushangi Kokauri, a Georgian national who participated in the championship held in Baku with the name of Azerbaijan.
Last year Tushishvili won the European championship.
Tushishvili, 23, won the Grand Prix in Tbilisi and Zagreb in 2018.
He took gold at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2017. He is the World Cadet Champion of 2011.
Liparteliani (l) won the silver medal at the world championship for the third time. Photo: 1TV.
Tushishvili became European Junior Champion Judo in 2013 and regained the title in 2015.
Georgia has gained two medals in the ongoing world judo championship for now.
Varlam Liparteliani won a silver medal yesterday in the 100 kg category.
Georgian athletes are among the world’s top judokas participating in the World Judo Masters in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. Having won the battle in their weight categories, Georgia now has three gold, one silver and one bronze medals.
Georgia has won gold, silver and bronze medals at a European Judo Championships in Poland’s capital of Warsaw.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has met with World Judo Champion Guram Tushishvili and world silver and bronze medalists Varlam Liparteliani and Amiran Papinashvili today.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) has published an upgraded world ranking list of senior male judokas.
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.
Georgian judoka Guram Tushishvili has won the Dusseldorf Grand Slam 2020, defeating German rival Johannes Frey in the final competition. The German town of Dusseldorf hosted Judo Grand Slam between February 21 and 23, with Georgia winning two gold, one silver and one bronze medals. Tushishvili, 25, won also won a gold medal at the 2018 World Judo Championships in 2018 and European Judo Championships in 2017.