Georgia’s Revaz Lashkhi, 24, had to settle for silver after losing on August 6 the men’s 60kg Greco-Roman wrestling final to Iran’s Omid Haji Noroozi at London 2012.
Lashkhi’s silver brings Georgia’s London Olympics medal tally to two after Lasha Shavdatuashvili won gold medal in men’s under 66kg judo on July 29.
Also on August 6 Georgia’s Vladimer Gegeshidze, 27, was close to winning a bronze in men’s 84kg Greco-Roman wrestling after he was given two points for parterre defense just before the end of the match against Kazakhstan’s Danyal Gajiyev, but referee’s decision was challenged by the Kazakh athlete; after a video replay the Georgian athlete was stripped of his points and a point and ultimately the bronze medal was given to the Kazakh athlete.
Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee and the government of Switzerland thanks Georgian government for its decision to participate in the Sochi Winter Olympics 2014. The letter has been delivered to the government of Georgia by the ambassador of Switzerland to Georgia Gunther Bechler.
President of Georgia`s Olympic Committee Leri Khabelov has told Itar Tass news agency that Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili was expected to attend opening or closing ceremony of Sochi 2014 winter Olympics.
One of the most experienced and successful player of Georgian football Levan Kobiashvili has defected from the National Team of Georgia. Levan Kobiashvili disapproves the work of the Georgian Football Federation and explains the reason of his decision in the statement, which he posted on the facebook page.
President of the Georgian Wrestling Federation Mr. Luka Kurtanidze publicly apologized today to everyone, whom he had inflicted pain by his life and fight, he said at the opening ceremony of the European Wrestling Championship in Tbilisi Sports Hall today.
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Investigation on the scandal that occurred at the Georgian Wresting Federation continues. President of the GWF Luka Kurtanidze reportedly, beat vice president Temur Kazarashvili. Kazarashvili says he is not going to demand prosecution of the president; however, he plans to demand...
President of the Georgian Wrestling Federation Luka Kurtanidze remains on his position despite the scandal that occurred in the GWF two days ago. Luka Kurtanidze`s debates on the dismissal of the coaches of the national teams grew into a clash with the vice president, Temur Kazarashvili.
President of Georgian Wrestling Federation Luka Kurtanidze has voiced his ultimatum to his staff - he is going to take unilateral decisions in process of appointing coaches of both Greco-Roman and free-style wrestling teams of Georgia. He says all coaches will be dismissed.
Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili has confirmed that Georgia would participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. At today`s press conference, Ivanishvili announced that if Georgia wanted to regulate relations with Russia...
