Georgian judokas win silver at Tokyo Paralympics 2020
Kaldani became the first Georgian female judoka to win a medal at the Paralympic Games. Photo: Georgian Paralympic Committee.
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Georgian judokas Ina Kaldani and Revaz Chikoidze have won silver at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili congratulated both athletes on taking silver.
Two more medals at the Tokyo Paralympics! Ina is the first Georgian woman to make it to the finals of wrestling in the history of the Olympics and Paralympics. Congratulations to Ina, Revaz and all their supporters", said Garibashvili.
Kaldani, competing in the -70 kg weight category, won two fights before reaching the final, defeating Lenia Ruvalkaba of Mexico in the second round and Japan’s Kazusa Ogawa in the semifinals. She lost against current world champion Brazilian Alana Maldonado in the final.
Kaldani became the first Georgian female judoka to win a medal at the Paralympic Games.
The Georgian Paralympics Delegation has 13 athletes in six sports at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020, which opened on August 24 and will close on September 5.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nina Tibilashvili has won silver at the Tokyo Paralympic Games after losing 7:15 in the final to China’s Jing Bian.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nina Tibilashvili will fight for gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today. Tibilashvili had to compete in a tense fight before the final with the bronze medal-winner of the Rio Paralympics, the nine-time prize-winner of the World Championships, Ukrainian Eugenia Bruce.
Over a dozen Georgian athletes have departed for Tokyo to compete in the upcoming Paralympic Games, aiming to improve on the medal count from the 2016 competition with an expanded squad.
The Georgian Olympic team has finished the Tokyo Olympic Games with a record number of medals in the country’s independence - two gold, five silver and one bronze. This year 35 athletes represented Georgia across 13 disciplines at the Tokyo Olympics.
Olympic and Paralympic champions and medalists as well as winners of World and European championships will be admitted to the State University of Physical Education and Sports without exams, the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science has announced. Georgia finished the Tokyo Olympic Games with eight medals out of which two were gold, five silver and one bronze.
Georgian judoka Giorgi Sardalashvili has claimed gold at the junior world championship in Olbia, Italy after defeating his Azerbaijani rival Turan Bayramov in the under 60kg category. Sardalashvili, 18, won the junior world title after performing a counter attack for waza-ari, inscribing his name on the list of future Georgian heroes, the International Judo Federation says.
The Georgian national Paralympic judo team has returned from the Egyptian Pyramids International Championships with four medals. Giorgi Gamjashvili, who competed in the 73 kg weight category and defeated his compatriot Bachuki Shelia in the final, took the ultimate prize of the tournament, with Shelia taking home the silver.