Georgian national team claim 22 medals at World Kungfu Championships
Hosted by the International Wushu Federation, the biennial event is scheduled to end today. Photo: Georgian National Wushu Federation
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The Georgian national team claimed 22 medals on Sunday at the 9th World Kungfu Championships held in the city of Emeishan in Sichuan Province in China.
Georgian athletes earned three gold, six silver and 13 bronze medals at the competition that features 800 athletes from 53 countries competing in all age groups.
Hosted by the International Wushu Federation, the biennial event is scheduled to end today.
Georgian mixed martial artist and former kickboxer Giga Chikadze on Saturday defeated American rival Alex Caceres by unanimous decision of the judges in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in Singapore.
The Georgian para judo team claimed two gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the European Para Championships in Rotterdam.
The Georgian national judo team won six medals, including one gold, one silver and four bronze medals, at the 2023 Judo World Masters in Hungary’s capital city of Budapest.
The Georgian weightlifting team triumphed at the European Youth and Under-15 Championships by claiming 16 gold, 15 silver and nine bronze medals.
The Georgian para taekwondo team claimed three medals, including one gold, one silver and one bronze medal at the World Para Taekwondo Championships in Mexico, with two Georgian athletes meeting each other in an all-Georgian final of the tournament.
The first edition of the European Championships in Georgian Wrestling was hosted on Tuesday in an ancient Greek amphitheatre in Thessaloniki, with the three top spots claimed by wrestlers from the country.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi will host the European Cadet, Junior and Under 21 Karate Championships next week with 1,200 athletes from 49 countries.
Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi is hosting the European Cadet, Junior and U21 Championships for the first time, with about 1200 athletes from 49 countries participating in the tournament.