Georgian para taekwondo team claim 3 medals, with all-Georgian final
Giorgi Khizanishvili defeated Goga Khakhalashvili in the final, earning a gold medal and Khakhalashvili claiming silver. Photo via Parasport Development Centre of Tbilisi
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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.
Giorgi Khizanishvili defeated Goga Khakhalashvili in the final, earning a gold medal and Khakhalashvili claiming silver.
Another Georgian athlete, Giorgi Nikoladze has won a bronze medal at the World Championships, which ran from Friday to Sunday.
The Georgian para taekwondo team successfully competed in two tournaments, among 30 countries, held in Turkey, winning ten medals, the Georgian Paralympic Committee announced on Wednesday.
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.
The Georgian national para judo team finished third with a bronze medal at the ongoing European Para Championships in Rotterdam.
Georgian judoka Giorgi Kaldani on Tuesday became the winner of the European Para Championships in Rotterdam on the first day of the championship.
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.
The football team of Georgia on Sunday won the first edition of the Nations League competition of the European Amputee Football Federation in Blankenberge, Belgium.
Georgian para taekwondo athletes Ana Japaridze and Giorgi Nikoladze on Friday gained first-ever licences for this year’s Summer Paralympic Games in Paris by earning results at the European Qualification Tournament.