Georgian National Greco-Roman team gained two licenses for London Olympics. Manuchar Tskhadaia gained the first license last year at World Championship. Zurab Datunashvili (74kg) gained the second one today in Sofia. At Bulgarian license tournament Datunashvili achieved his goal as a result of winning three matches, he beat – Hungarian Peter Bakshi, Czech Tomas Sobetsky and Romanian Yonel Puskakus and went through final. In the final match he beat Danish Mark Overgaard Madsen and won gold medal.
Today other three members of Begi Darchia’s team wrestled, but none of them managed to go through final. Piruz Tsulukidze (60 kg) lost chance of winning gold-silver medal in quarter-final, as for Goderdzi Davitadze (55kg) and Revaz Nadareishvili (84kg) they lost in the beginning stage.
Piruz Tsulukidze (60 kg) lost chance of winning gold-silver medal in quarter-final, but Maty Tapie Finn wrestler who won over him went through the final and as a result he wrestled in repechage, where he wrestled against Greek Matias Vladimiros and won bronze medal. Davitadze could not manage to beat Finn Yan Haapamak and Nadareishvili – French Melonin Numonv.
Tomorrow champions and prize winners will be found out in – 96 and 120 kg weight categories. Sandro Dikhaminjia and Sergo Gogisvanidze will represent Georgia.
Olympiad License tournament
Sofia
April 21
Greco-Roman wrestling
55 kg
1 Haakan Erik Nublom (Denmark)
2 Aleksandt Kostadinov (Bulgaria)
3 Roman Amoyan (Armenia)
3 Anar Zeinalov (Estonia)
60 kg
1 Kamran Mamadov (Azerbaijan)
2 Maty Ketunen (Finland)
3 Piruz Tsulukidze (Georgia)
3 Ishtvan Kozak (Hungary)
66 kg
1 Stive Fransua Fabien Jeno (France)
2 Edgaras Venskaitis (Lithuania)
3 Emilian Todorov (Bulgaria)
3 Vitaly Rahimov (Azerbaijan)
74 kg
1 Zurab Datunashvili (Georgia)
2 Mark Overgaard Madsen (Denmark)
3 Ilian Todorov Georgiev (Bulgaria)
3 Peter Bakshi (Hungary)
84 kg
1 Vasil Rachiba (Ukraine)
2 Amer Hrustanovich (Austria)
3 Ara Abrahamyan (Armenia)
3 Teodoros Tunusidis (Greece)
Free-style wrestling
120 kg
1 Daniel Liget (Hungary)
2 Taha Akgul (Turkey)
3 Rares Daniel Chitoyan (Romania)
3 Bartlomey Barinitsk (Poland)
Otar Maglakelidze
