Eskerkhan Madiev into Olympics boxing quarterfinals, judoka Tato Grigalashvili eliminated
Eskerkhan Madiev will face Russian Olympic Committee's Andrei Zamkovoi in the quarterfinal of men's welterweight category on Friday. Photo via Georgian National Olympic Committee.
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Georgia's Eskerkhan Madiev is in the quarterfinals of the boxing competition at the Summer Olympic Games, while Tato Grigalashvili, winner of the Doha World Judo Masters earlier this year, is out of judo competition in Tokyo.
Madiev won his men's 63-69 kg category boxing match at Kokugikan Arena in the Japanese capital on Tuesday, defeating Uganda's Shadiri Bwogi with a final score 3-1.
The 23-year-old will face Russian Olympic Committee's Andrei Zamkovoi in the quarterfinal on Friday, again to be hosted at the Kokugikan venue.
The Last 16 fixture was one of six on Tuesday that involved Georgian participation at the Olympics, with Grigalashvili featuring in the other five encounters.
The young judoka won Last 32 and Last 16 contests against Tajikistan's Ajmal Murodov and South Korea's Sungho Lee earlier in the day, before conceding the 81 kg quarterfinal to Saeid Mollaei of Mongolia.
Winning the repechage against Sharofiddin Boltaboev of Uzbekistan for proceeding to the bronze contest, the Georgian athlete was defeated by Belgium's Matthias Casse in the match for the medal.
Georgian athletes have two medals after three days of competition at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, while tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has reached the Last 16 round in the Japanese capital.
Georgian judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili, 29, has won silver in a lengthy nine-minute match with one of judo's top fighters, Japan’s Shohei Ono, earlier today. Shavdatuashvili, 29, is the only Georgian judoka who has won European, World and Olympic gold medals.He has won three olympic medals so far: gold at the 2012 Olympic Games, bronze in 2016 and now silver.
Georgian judoka Vazha Margvelashvili has claimed the country’s very first silver medal at the summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says Margvelashvili has made whole country proud.
Georgian female freestyle swimmer Mariam Imnadze, who is one of the 34 athletes competing at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, has tested positive for Covid-19. Imnadze thus will not be able to participate in the Olympics that kicked off in Tokyo yesterday.
Sandro Bazardze, Georgia’s one and only fencer at the Tokyo Olympics has entered the semi-finals by handing a defeat to his Korean rival Sanguk Oh in sabre.
Georgia has its first gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games after Lasha Bekauri scored a win in a closely contested 90kg final against Germany's Eduard Trippel on Wednesday.
Guram Tushishvili claimed a third silver - and a fourth medal overall - for the Georgian representation at the Summer Olympic Games after ending up second in the men's 100+ kg judo final in Tokyo on Friday. Tushishvili contested the final against Lukas Krpalek of the Czech Republic on Mat 1 of Nippon Budokan arena, with the latter winning my Ipon after three minutes and 47 seconds of the fixture.
Wrestler Ramaz Zoidze is into the match for the Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal after fixtures on Tuesday in Tokyo where he scored two wins, while four other athletes from Georgia also competed.