Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia's Khinchegashvili wins Olympic gold in freestyle wrestling

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Vladimer Khinchegashvili. (1tv.ge)

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

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Miraculous weightlifter wins first Gold for Georgia in Rio, beating World Record

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Lasha Talakhadze scoring World Record.

 

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,

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