Georgian athlete Nugzar Tsurtsumia wins silver at Greco-Roman World Championships
The 25-year-old athlete collected the silver after conceding the final match of the weight division 0:8 to Azerbaijani’s Eldaniz Azizli. Photo from Georgian Wrestling Federation's Facebook page.
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Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia won the silver medal in the 55 kg category at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Belgrade, the Georgian Wrestling Federation said on Sunday.
The 25-year-old athlete collected the silver after conceding the final match of the weight division 0:8 to Azerbaijani’s Eldaniz Azizli.
Photo: from United World Wrestling's Facebook page
Tsurtsumia was the world champion at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan.
Zurab Datunashvili, an athlete of Georgian origin representing Serbia at the competition, was crowned the world champion after defeating Denmark’s Turpan Ali Alvievih Bisultanov 6:2 in the 87 kg category. The 31-year-old has claimed the title of the strongest Greco-Roman wrestler of the world for the second time in a row.
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 Greco-Roman wrestlers have grabbed more medals at the 47th Annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France. Giorgi Melia has won gold in the 97kg category, while Sulkhan Buadze and Guram Khetsuriani have won bronze in the 130kg and 87kg categories, respectively.
Georgian wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia defeated his Russian rival Elchin Ibragimov at the wrestling competition in Poland yesterday. Tsurtsumia, who is a Greco-Roman style wrestler, has won gold in the 55kg category.
Wrestler Zurab Datunashvili claimed his second European champion’s title in two years and brought Georgia their second gold medal at the European Senior Wrestling Championships on Sunday.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Leri Abuladze won the silver medal in the 63 kg category at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Belgrade, the Georgian Wrestling Federation said on Monday.