Georgian teenage figure skater Alina Urushadze qualifies for 2022 Olympic Games
Alina Urushadze participates in the International Skating Union's World Figure Skating Championship in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: Joosep Martinson/ISU
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17-year-old Georgian figure skater Alina Urushadze has qualified for the Olympic Games scheduled to be held in the Chinese capital of Beijing next year.
Sending Urushadze kind wishes for her success, the Georgian National Olympic Committee said this is her first Olympic licence.
Urushadze, who participates in the 2021 World Figure Skating Championship in Stockholm, Sweden, has meanwhile taken the 20th place in the international competition.
Stockholm is hosting figure skaters competing for the title of world champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs and ice dance on March 22–28, 2021.
There will be 10 Georgian athletes among the nearly 1800 competitors showing up in Lausanne for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics starting on Thursday, with members of the team competing in four disciplines at the global event.
Georgian figure skating pair of Maria Kazakova and Giorgi Revia, has claimed its first historic gold in the Junior Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy. "We came out knowing that there was nothing to lose, that we worked not to be afraid of something", Revia said
Georgian teenage figure skater Alina Urushadze has claimed a win among junior competitors of the International Skating Union cup in Belgrade, celebrating the win in only her second year in competition.
Georgian figure skaters Moris Kvitelashvili and Alina Urushadze claimed two medals for the country at the Bosphorus Cup tournament in Turkey that involved over a hundred participants across four days of competition.
Figure skater Moris Kvitelashvili earned Georgia its second qualification spot for the 2022 Winter Olympics, after adding to the success of Alina Urushadze at the World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm on the weekend.
Georgian athletes will receive 1 million GEL from the state if they win gold medals at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games. A total of 35 athletes will participate in eleven games in the Tokyo Olympics between July 23 and August 8.
Georgian figure skater duo Karina Safina and Luka Berulava have earned a qualification spot for the 2022 Winter Olympics scheduled to be held in the Chinese capital of Beijing. The Georgian duo earned 178.16 points bringing Georgia to the third position qualifying for the Olympic license in figure skating at the pairs’ event at Nebelhorn Trophy.
Georgian figure skater Morisi Kvitelashvili has made history by winning the first ever Grand Prix of the International Skating Union (ISU) in Sochi yesterday. His Russian rival Mikhail Kolyada has claimed silver, Japanese Kazuki Tomono has settled for the bronze.
Georgia's Anastasia Gubanova has won a gold medal at the International Skating Union (ISU) Challenger Series 'Golden Spin of Zagreb' held in Croatia.
Gubanova earned a total of 184.29 points in the tournament, scoring best among 23 competitors from 15 countries.