Georgian freestyle wrestler wins world championship for the third time [Video]
Geno Petriashvili, 25, has defeated his Turkish rival Taha Akgul in the 125kg category. Photo: United World Wrestling
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Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili has won the world championship for the third time today in Kazakhstan.
Petriashvili, 25, has defeated his Turkish rival Taha Akgul in the 125kg category.
125kg #WrestleNurSultan Medal Match Results
— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) September 21, 2019
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????Khasanboy RAKHIMOV ???????? df. DENG Zhiwei ????????, 6 - 1
????Oleksandr KHOTSIANIVSKYI ????????df. Badzha KHUTABA ????????, 5-1
Petriashvili won the first gold in Paris in August 2017.
He won the second gold in Budapest in 2018.
Watch Geno Petriashvili defeating Taha Akgul in Nur Sultan:
Petriashvili is a two-time world bronze winner at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
He has also won a bronze medal at the European Games in 2015.
The United World Wrestling (UWW) has named Petriashvili as the Best Freestyle Athlete of 2016.
The capital of Kazakhstan, Nur Sultan, is hosting the 2019 Senior Wrestling World Championships from September 14 to 22.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili is leading in the rating of the United World Wrestling (UWW) in the 130 kg category. The Georgian athlete is followed by Zhiwei Deng (China), Anzor Khirziev (Russia) and Taha Akgul (Turkey).
Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Tetriashvili, 24, won the world championship for the second time yesterday in Budapest.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili has won the gold medal at the Under 23 Wrestling World Championship that took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland last night.
The United World Wrestling (UWW), international governing body for the sport, has named Georgia’s Geno Petriashvili 2016 Best Freestyle Athlete.
Another Georgian freestyle wrestler Beka Lomtadze won the world championship in Kazakhstan today. Lomtadze, 27, has defeated his Russian rival Magomedrasul Idrisov in the 61kg category.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili won a gold medal at the European championship for the second time late yesterday in Rome, Italy.
Freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili is in the final of the men's 125 kg division at the ongoing Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo after scoring a string of wins on Thursday in the capital.
The Georgian national freestyle wrestling team has claimed four medals at the world championships in Belgrade.