TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian world boxing champion has been arrested in the United States along with a martial arts practicioner, also from Georgia, for alleged ties to a Russian crime syndicate.
Avtandil Khurtsidze, who currently holds a World Boxing Organization middleweight title,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian judo team performed brilliantly at Düsseldorf Grand Prix with two gold medals and second place ahead of Russia and France.
The team from Japan won the competition with five gold medals.
Vazha Margvelashvili (-66 kg) and Beka Gviniashvili (-90 kg)
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Zviad Gogochuri on Saturday took gold in the men’s 90kg judo competition at the Rio Paralympics.
This is the first gold by a Georgia athlete in the Paralympics since the country became independent in 1991.
In the final,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Nino Khomeriki has become European youth chess champion for the second time.
Yesterday’s win at the European Youth Chess Championship in Prague, Czech Republic, is the second time Khomeriki claims the title.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Geno Petriashvili from Georgia won bronze in men’s freestyle 125 kg wrestling in the Rio Olympics on Saturday.
This is Georgia’s seventh medal in the games: two gold, one silver and four bronze medals.
In the final, Petriashvili won against Tervel Dlagnev
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Vladimer Khinchegashvili won gold in men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling at the Rio Olympics on Friday. Georgia now has two gold medals in the games.
In the final, Khinchegashvili faced Japan’s Rei Higuchi, who got silver.
The first round
TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian weightlifter competing in the heaviest, +105 kg, category won the country’s first Olympic gold in these summer games, setting a new world record, while his teammate from the same weight category won bronze.
Lasha Talakhadze,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Shmagi Bolkvadze took bronze in the Rio Olympics Tuesday in the Men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg wrestling.
Georgia now has two bronze and one silver medal. The two other medals were won in Judo.
Bolkvadze competed against Japan’s Tomohiro Inoue,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Varlam Liparteliani won silver medal in men’s 90 kg judo at the Rio Olympics. This is the country’s second medal in the games.
Liparteliani defeated Gwak-Dong Han from South Korea in the semi-final, but in the final round, he was
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia won its first medal in the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, as Lasha Shavdatuashvili claimed the bronze medal in men’s 73kg judo.
He defeated Sagi Muki from Israel in the final rounds. Earlier, he defeated Denis Yartsev of Russia in the quarter finals,