Georgia among top 5 countries qualified for 2022 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup
Georgia is the only country from Europe that has qualified for 2022 Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup alongside the United States, Iran, Japan and Mongolia. Photo: Georgian wrestling federation.
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Georgia is among the top five countries that have qualified for the Men’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in the United States, the Georgian wrestling federation announced on Tuesday.
Georgia is the only country from Europe that has qualified for the event alongside the United States, Iran, Japan and Mongolia.
The Georgian federation noted the qualifying countries had been determined based upon the overall team results from the Senior World Championships events held earlier this year in Belgrade.
The World Cup event is set to run between December 10-11 in Coralville.
Georgian freestyle wrestler Zurab Iakobishvili won a gold medal at the 2022 European Championships in Hungary’s capital Budapest on Tuesday.
The Georgian national freestyle wrestling team has claimed four medals at the world championships in Belgrade.
Nine out of the ten Georgian freestyle wrestlers have grabbed four gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the 47th Annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France featuring over 300 athletes from 26 different nations between January 14-18.
On the second day of the world championships of freestyle wrestling in Bucharest, Georgian brothers Avtandil and Nikoloz Kenchadze have become the world champions in the under-23 category.