Georgian judo team wins record 6 medals at Sarajevo World Championships Cadets
Georgia earned six medals at the competition, which is a record for the country, while also finishing first among the teams of the competition. Photo: Georgian Judo Federation.
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Georgian judokas have triumphed at the Sarajevo World Championships Cadets, with the athletes of the national team claiming two gold, one silver and three bronze medals at a competition hosted in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Georgia earned six medals at the competition, which is a record for the country, while also finishing first among the teams of the competition.
Saba Samadashvili and Davit Kareli became world champions at the tournament, claiming gold medals in the 66 kg and 60 kg categories of the competition, while Luka Javakhishvili took bronze in 75kg, and Davit Lomitashvili (55 kg) along with Saba Sabashvili (55) and Giorgi Mishvelidze (73 kg) won bronze medals.
Georgian judokas Davit Kareli and Saba Samadashvili won the Sarajevo World Championships Cadets on Thursday in the 60 kg and 66 kg categories of the competition.
Georgian wrestler Giorgi Terashvili claimed a silver medal in the 73 kg category at the World Judo Juniors Championships in Ecuador on Thursday.
Georgia’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team has claimed five medals, including two gold, at the Ion Cornianu & Ladislau Simon international tournament in Bucharest.
Georgian judoka Beka Gviniashvili won the Zagreb Grand Prix on Sunday by defeating his Brazilian rival Rafael Macedo in the 90- kg category of the competition.
Olympic champion Lasha Bekauri (90 kg) returned to the mat after a one-year break and became the winner of the Oberwart European Open 2022 on Sunday.
Georgian judokas have triumphed at the Krakow World Championships Veterans 2022, with the athletes of the national team claiming two gold, two silver and one bronze medals at a competition hosted by Poland’s capital city of Krakow between Thursday and Sunday.
The central Georgian city of Gori will host the European Judo Championship Club Team - Champions League later this month, bringing together over a hundred competitors from across the world, the Georgian Judo Federation announced on Wednesday.