Georgia wins six medals, ranked ninth at Baku 2019 youth games
One of the Georgian winners feels emotional when being awarded. Photo: Ministry of Education.
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The Georgian team of U19 athletes has won six medals at 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival underway in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Georgian freestyle wrestlers Luka Gugeshashvili (48 kg) and Davit Abdaladze (60 kg) were awarded silver and bronze medals.
Greco-Roman wrestlers Khvicha Abuladze (48 kg) and Nika Broladze (60 kg) earned silver and Bronze medals as well.
On the first day of the festival freestyle wretler Nikoloz Santeladze (45 kg) and Greco-Roman wrestler Romeo Beridze (55 kg) won silver medals.
Georgian tennis players Katrin Esadze and Lizi Dolidze defeted an Austrian duet and were allowed to compete in the second round of the duet competition.
As of the data of July 22, the Georgian team is ranked 9th with four silver and two bronze medals.
A total of 3,600 athletes aged 14 to 18 including 36 Georgians participate in the 15th Summer European Youth Olympic Festival on July 21-27.
Georgia will be one of the four countries to host FIBA Eurobasket group matches in 2021. The FIBA Europe board announced the decision today in Munich, Germany. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili delivered a speech before the board and presented a video clip about Georgia.
Georgian athlete Badri Kavelashvili has won the 2019 ECA Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championships held in the city of Recice, Czech Republic
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.
The Georgian delegation departed for Baku, Azerbaijan today to participate in the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival on 21-27 July. Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, Education, Science, Culture and Sports Minister Mikheil Batiashvili and President of Olympic Committee Leri Khabelovi saw off the athletes and wished them success.