Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers win 1 gold, 2 bronze medals at Grand Prix de France
Nugzar Tsurtsumia is one of the four Georgian wrestlers who top the international rankings in their respective weight categories. Photo: Kadir Caliskan
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Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers have grabbed more medals at the 47th Annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France.
Giorgi Melia has won gold in the 97kg category, while Sulkhan Buadze and Guram Khetsuriani have won bronze in the 130kg and 87kg categories, respectively.
Freestyle wrestler Geno Petriashvili has received gold in the 125kg category. Photo: Kadir Caliskan
Earlier Georgian athletes grabbed 4 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze medals in freestyle wrestling.
As of now four Georgian wrestlers top the preseason rankings.
Greco-Roman:
- reigning world champion Nugzar Tsurtsumia - 55kg category
- reigning world champion Lasha Gobadze - 82kg category
Freestyle:
- reigning world champion Beka Lomtadze - 61kg category
- three-time world champion Geno Petriashvili - 125kg category
The 47th Annual Henri Deglane Grand Prix of France featuring over 300 athletes from 26 different nations was held between January 14-18.
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.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers under 23 have won four gold and one bronze medals at the European Championship which is being held in Serbia.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers Nugzar Tsurtsumia and Lasha Gobadze have won the World Championship in Kazakhstan in their respective categories.
Georgian wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia defeated his Russian rival Elchin Ibragimov at the wrestling competition in Poland yesterday. Tsurtsumia, who is a Greco-Roman style wrestler, has won gold in the 55kg category.
Georgia's Shmagi Bolkvadze left the mat at the European Wrestling Championship in Warsaw with the gold medal and pushed the team up to the third spot in the final rankings as the competition came to a close on Sunday.
Georgian judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili has claimed gold at the World Judo Championships Seniors in the Hungarian capital of Budapest earlier today. Datuashvili, 29, has handed defeat to his Swedis rival Tommy Macias in the under 73kg category.
Georgian world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling Nugzar Tsurtsumia has been sentenced to three days of imprisonment along with another wrestler Nika Korshia for petty hooliganism and disobedience to the police in the western Georgian town of Khobi yesterday. Police arrested two more wrestlers Varlam Kvaratskhelia and Zaza Dateshidze together with Tsurtsumia and Korshia for an attack on a policeman.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Leri abuladze won a gold medal at the European Wrestling Championship in Budapest on Saturday.
The 23-year-old wrestler defeated Azerbaijan’s Taleh Mammadov in the final for the 63 kg weight category.
Georgia’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team has returned home from the U17 European Championship in Bucharest with two silver and four bronze medals.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Tornike Mikeladze has claimed a silver medal in the 77 kg category at the U20 European Championships on Tuesday in Rome.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Nugzar Tsurtsumia won the silver medal in the 55 kg category at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Belgrade, the Georgian Wrestling Federation said on Sunday. The 25-year-old athlete collected the silver after conceding the final match of the weight division 0:8 to Azerbaijani’s Eldaniz Azizli.
Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler Leri Abuladze won the silver medal in the 63 kg category at the Greco-Roman World Championships in Belgrade, the Georgian Wrestling Federation said on Monday.
Young Georgian Greco-Roman wrestlers have claimed four medals at the ongoing U23 World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain, the Georgian wrestling federation announced on Thursday.
The national team of Georgia’s Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed five medals, including two gold, at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix tournament in the French city of Nice over the weekend.