Georgian wrestlers win four gold at world championship, best result ever in one season
Georgia has won two medals in Gcreco-Roman wrestling and another two in freestyle wrestling. Photo: Georgian Wrestling Federation.
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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.
Geno Petriashvili (R) after winning gold. Photo: Georgian Wrestling Federation.
Nugzar Tsurtsumia and Lasha Gobadze have won gold medals in Gceco-Roman wrestling, while Geno Petriashvili and Beka Lomtadze in freestyle wrestling.
The championship took place in the city of Nursultan between September 14 and 22.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers under 23 have won four gold and one bronze medals at the European Championship which is being held in Serbia.
Georgian wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia defeated his Russian rival Elchin Ibragimov at the wrestling competition in Poland yesterday. Tsurtsumia, who is a Greco-Roman style wrestler, has won gold in the 55kg category.
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 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.
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