Judo | Georgian national team wins Bronze at World Championships #1TVSPORT

Georgia’s national judo team won the bronze medal in the mixed team event at the World Judo Championships in Baku, defeating China 4-1 in the contest for third place.

Nino Gulbani (70 kg), Luka Maisuradze (90 kg), Eter Liparteliani (57 kg) and Irakli Demetrashvili (over 100 kg) secured victories for Georgia.

Georgia competed with only five judokas in the bronze medal contest after heavyweight judoka Sopio Somkhishvili (over 78 kg) was unable to compete due to an injury sustained during the match against France, allowing China to receive one point by default. Luka Maisuradze replaced the injured Lasha Bekauri for the bronze medal match.

In the individual events, Georgia finished the World Championships with four medals. Tato Grigalashvili (81 kg) and Ilia Sulamanidze won gold, Eter Liparteliani (57 kg) claimed silver, and Giorgi Sardalashvili (60 kg) took bronze.

Georgia finished second in the overall team standings, behind Japan.