The Greco-Roman wrestling team has returned from the World Championship with a historic result

The Georgian Greco-Roman wrestling national team has returned from the World Championship with a triumphant result. 

At the World Championship held in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, the members of the Greco-Roman wrestling team won 2 gold and 1 bronze medals, as well as 2 licenses for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and took third place in the team classification. 

The world champions in the 55 and 82 kg weight categories became Nugzar Tsurtsumia and Lasha Gobadze, while Iakob Kajaia (130 kg) claimed the bronze medal. Alongside Iakob Kajaia, Giorgi Melia, who wrestled in the 97 kg weight category, won an Olympic license. 

It is noteworthy that Georgia has not had a world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling since 2007 (in 2007, Davit Bedinadze and Ramaz Nozadze became world champions, and Badri Khasaia became a bronze medalist).

Members of the Georgian Greco-Roman wrestling team and their coaches, who returned from the World Championship with a historic result, were welcomed at Tbilisi International Airport by fans, journalists, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia Shalva Gogoladze, Head of the Sports Department Irakli Dolaberidze, President of the National Olympic Committee Leri Khabelov, Vice-President Mamuka Khabareli, and President of the National Wrestling Federation Gega Gegeshidze.

At the World Championship ongoing in the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, the members of the freestyle wrestling team will compete for medals from September 19-22.