Georgian servicemember wins 2 gold medals at Invictus Games
Beruashvili also scored a silver in the 100-metre race in the competition that involves servicemembers injured during combat or peacekeeping operations. Photo: Georgian Defence Ministry
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Georgian military servicemember Aleksi Beruashvili has won two gold medals at the Invictus Games international competition in the Hague after competing in 200 and 1500-metre jogging, Georgian Defence Ministry announced on Monday.
Beruashvili also scored a silver in the 100-metre race in the competition that involves servicemembers injured during combat or peacekeeping operations.
His medals came along with a bronze for the Georgian team in sitting volleyball, and the same honour was claimed by Ahmed Safarov in the 100-metre wheelchair race, and by Murtaz Osepaishvili and Onise Jugheli in the Land Rover Challenge.
A 20-member group of injured Georgian servicemembers is participating in sports including sitting volleyball, archery, swimming, weightlifting, athletics, para-basketball and rowing.
Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze is attending the games, which in its current edition is hosted in the Hague. The Georgian official met with Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, on Monday and discussed the possibility of holding the competition in Georgia in the future, the Ministry said. Photo: Georgian Ministry of Defence
The Ministry also said Harry had spoken to members of the Georgian team, who discussed the impact of the games on the process of their rehabilitation.
Invictus Games have been held in various countries since 2014 under the patronage of the Duke of Sussex, and with involvement of 500 competitors. The Georgian team has participated in the competition four times since the establishment of the tournament, winning bronze and silver medals in various sports.
The current Invictus Games edition is running between April 16-22.
Georgian military servicemembers injured during combat or peacekeeping operations will compete with counterparts from 20 other nations within the Invictus Games international competition between April 16-22 in the Hague, the Netherlands.
A team of Georgia’s wounded and injured service members is in the semifinal of the international Invictus Games after defeating Germany on Monday.
Georgian soldiers wounded in the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008 and other international operations are taking part in an international competition for wounded servicemen and women in Sydney, Australia, the Invictus Games.
Georgian service members injured during combat or peacekeeping operations are competing with counterparts from 16 other nations within the Invictus Games international competition held under the patronage of Prince Harry.
The Georgian team returned home from the Invictus Games competition with six medals on their score, marking another successful appearance at the international competition for injured former service personnel of armed forces from around the world.
Georgia’s Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Saturday awarded the Emergency Management Service team for their win in a football tournament involving teams from divisions of the Ministry, in an event marking extended Police Day celebrations in the country.
Major General Giorgi Matiashvili, the Chief of the Georgian Defence Forces, on Thursday congratulated military professionals on the Day of Injured Servicemembers and awarded them with symbolic gifts and diplomas.
The rugby team of the Georgian Defence Forces will take part in the Rugby World Military Sevens Championship in France, the press office of the Georgian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.
Georgian military service members, injured during combat or peacekeeping operations, are “actively preparing” to compete with counterparts from 20 other nations within the Invictus Games international competition between September 9-16 in Düsseldorf, Germany.