Georgian para-athletes win two medals at Wheelchair Fencing World Cup
Opened on Thursday, this year’s World Cup is set to close on Sunday, with 250 wheelchair fencers from over 30 countries involved. Photo: Georgian Paralympic Committee/Facebook.
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Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team earned silver and bronze medals at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw on Thursday.
Olympic athlete Irma Khetsuriani, ranked second in the world in the foil B category, claimed the silver in the division after conceding her final to Saysunee Jana of Thailand.
Her teammate Nina Tibilashvili - ranked seventh in the foil B section - followed the result up with a bronze, after reaching the semifinal against Hungary’s Eva Hajmasi, who took the win in the match.
Opened on Thursday, this year’s World Cup is set to close on Sunday, with 250 wheelchair fencers from over 30 countries involved.
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.
Georgian para-athletes earned five medals over two days at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup and European Taekwondo Championship, with the haul including two gold medals.
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.
Prize-winning Georgian fencers Irma Khetsuriani and Nina Tibilashvili are among world’s best wheelchair fencers of 2019, after the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation published its selection of the top athletes of the year this week.
The Georgian national Paralympic judo team has returned from the European Judo Championships with six medals, the National Paralympic Committee said on Monday.
The Georgian national para judo team has claimed three medals at the World Judo Championships in Baku.