At the weekend Georgian national wrestling team did well at Europe Cup which was underway in Kiev. Gia Tenadze head coach of the team took 20 sportsmen (18 boys and 2 girls) in Kiev and only 6 of them stayed without medal. Vano Churchkhelashvili (73 kg) showed the best results among boys- he beat every opponent easily and became champion. Koba Mchedlishvili (60kg), Giorgi Gvelesiani (90kg) and Zaza Gojiashvili (+90kg) were close to championship, but finally they gained silver medals. Irakli Kupatadze (50kg), Beka Natatrishvili, Giorgi Katsiashvili (both of them 55kg), Beka Udesiani (60 kg), Tamaz Kirakozashvili (73kg), Nika Movelidze, Giorgi Kurdiani (both of them 81kg), Davit Ramazashvili (90kg) and Giorgi Dzebisashvili (+90kg) gained bronze medals.
On March 17-18, Mariam Janashvili (57kg) gained bronze medal at Antalya Europe Cup with Guranda Shotadze (57kg), Gia Tenadze called up these following sportsmen for Ukraine. This time Janashvili wrestled quite better and as a result became champion and as for Shotadze, she stayed beyond the top 3.
Georgian team took the second place at this tournament. Ukrainian team took the first place.
To conclude, Georgian team gained 28 medals at two Europe Cups. At Turkish Europe Cup Georgian team gained: 2 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze medals.

Judo
Europe Cup
Youths
Kiev
March 31 – April 1

50 kg
1 Maxim Tokarchuk (Ukraine)
2 Bekirbek Margoev (Ukraine)
3 Irakli  Kupatadze (Georgia)
3 David Pekala (Russia)

55 kg
1 Bogdan Iadov (Ukraine)
2 Ilkhan Babazadze (Azaerbaijan)
3 Beka Natatralishvili (Georgia )
3 Giorgi Katsiashvili (Georgia)  

60 kg
1 Ilkhan Mamedov (Azerbaijan)
2 Koba Mchedlishvili (Georgia)
3 Beka Udesiani (Georgia)
3 Andrey Golubov (Ukraine)

66 kg
1 Stariba Bunchich (Serbia)
2 Mikhail Shishin (Ukraine)
3 Christian Bazo (Ukraine)
3 Peter Zadro (Bosnia Herzegovina)

73 kg
1 Vano Churchkhelashvili (Georgia)
2 Sergey Krivchach (Ukraine)
3 Tamaz Kirakozashvili (Georgia)
3 Garachuk Avagyan (Ukraine)

81 kg
1 Oleksand Logvinenko (Ukraine)
2 Yuri Asmolov (Ukraine)
3 Nika Moveladze (Georgia)
3 Giorgi Kurdiani (Georgia)

90 kg
1 Rokas Nanertavichus (Lithuania)

2 Giorgi Gvelesiani (Georgia)
3 Oleksey Lisenko (Ukraine)
3 Davit Ramazashvili (Georgia)

+90 kg
1 Fedor Panko (Ukraine)
2 Zaza Gojiashvili (Georgia)
3 Giorgi Dzebisashvili (Georgia)
3 Leonid Gasiuk (Ukraine)

Georgian team (boys and girls)
                         g    s    b
1 Ukraine                 7    9    12
2 Georgia               2    3    9
3 Serbia                   2    0    0
4 Turkey                  1    2    2
5 Azerbaijan            1    1    1
6Britain                   1    0    2
7 Poland                 1    0    1
8 Lithuania              1    0    0
9 Moldova               0    1    1
10 Russia                0    0    2
11 Bosnia                0    0    1
11 Belarus               0    0    1

Otar Maglakelidze