Georgian Cadet Team of Freestyle Wrestlers won 5 medals at the current European Championship in the city of Bosnia, Sarajevo. Yesterday, wrestlers of Tamaz Bedianishvili added one silver and one bronze medal to 3 bronze medals, which were won the day before yesterday. Champions and prize-winners have already been found out in 5 weight classes. According to the preliminary information, five Georgians had to fight, but 46 kg weight class was filled without Beka Bujiashvili.
As for left 4 Georgians most successful was Lasha Bitarashvili. In 54 weight class, according to the vote results 15 from 17 participants are in the second round. Only Bitarishvili and Marco Hodel were unlucky. After their meeting, Swiss was the only wrestler who could not go through the first round. Later, when Georgian went through the final he was given some chances. Greek Kiros Binenpaum, Turk Aziz Erich and German Manuel Volfer had the same result as Bitarishvili and Hodel had. In the final match Russian wrestler Husein Shakhbanov beat him and he got silver medal.
Irakli Mosidze(63kg) started Championship with beating Armenian Samvel Petrosyan and then Polish Rene Palinski,but in 1/4 final he lost with Azerbaijanian Mukhrat Sadulaev.In Repeshaj he beat French Eni Osman, then Roman Madalin Minzala and won bronze medal.
Ikob Petriashvili also was left beyond 1/4 final, he also lost with Azerbaijanian competitor. Before losing with Parviz Akhundov Iakobashvili beat Rumenian Vlad Karash, but lost with Armenian Gevorq Ambartsumyan.
Geno Petriashvili had only one fight. Turk Enesh Bandirma beat him after furious fight and after Turk wrestler’s beating he lost chance of winning bronze medal.
Otar Maglakelidze
