Georgian judo team win 4 silver medals at European Championships in France
Georgia's Lasha Bekauri, Tato Grigalashvili, Guram Tushishvili and Ilia Sulamanidze claimed silver medals at the championship. Photo: IJF
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The Georgian national judo team won four silver medals at the European Judo Championships in France on Sunday.
Tato Grigalashvili, a two-time European and World Champion, conceded the final in the 81 kg weight category of the tournament to Turkey’s Vedat Alnayrak, finishing his participation with a silver.
Olympic Champion Lasha Bekauri lost his final in the -90 kg weight category to Serbia’s Nemanja Majdov.
The finals for European Champion Ilia Sulamanidze (-100kg) and Guram Tushishvili (+100) ended with silver medals after they were defeated by Azerbaijan’s Zemil Kotsoiev and Finland’s Martii Puumalainen respectively.
Photo: Judo Diaries/Facebook
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