Georgian team claim 16 medals at Canoe Sprint Int’l Regatta in Cyprus

The Georgian team claimed 16 medals, including seven gold, five bronze and four silver, at the 18th Canoe Sprint International Regatta hosted in Cyprus on Sunday, the Georgian Canoe and Rowing Federation said on Tuesday.

In the C1 500-metre race, gold medals went to Manana Petriashvili and Aleksandre Tsivtsivadze, while the silver medal in the same category was claimed by Malkhaz Chincharashvili.

The Gold medal in the K1 500-metre race was awarded to Nikoloz Odishelidze, while Sandro Tezelashvili earned the silver, and Nikolo Cheishvili won the bronze.

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Tezelashvili and Cheishvili also claimed the gold in the K2 200-metre pair race, while Levan Tatunashvili and Nikoloz Odishelidze took the second place in the same category.

Sandro Chochua and Tsivtsivadze took silver in the C2 200-metre race, while the gold went to Malkhaz Chincharashvili and Tsivtsivadze in the C2 500-metre category.

Odishelidze, Tezelashvili, Tatunashvili and Tengiz Maghradze also earned the first place in the K4 200-metre contest.

The tournament was hosted in Limassol on the southern coast of Cyprus.