The World Judo Championships Ended Yesterday in Astana
On the final day, as is tradition, the team competition was held, and the Georgian team won bronze medals. Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Georgia…
True, our team beat the Germans for third place, but the decisive win in the fight for bronze was the one over Russia.
At two-all, Levan Matiashvili competed brilliantly: with two beautiful waza-ari he brought the deciding point to the Georgian team.
ლევან მათიაშვილის პირველი ვაზარი Photo: © IJF Media by G. Sabau
ლევან მათიაშვილის მეორე ვაზარი Photo: © IJF Media by G. Sabau
Before that, Lasha Shavdatuashvili and Varlam Liparteliani had added to our tally.
Worth noting is the loss to Mongolia in the match for a place in the semifinal, after a refereeing intervention I couldn’t make sense of. Talking about refereeing is generally not very pleasant, but let me ask, for example: was Nugzar Tatalashvili’s loss to Odbayar Ganbaatar the referees’ doing? True, that bout was not part of the team competition, but what difference does that make.
I am no specialist, so let the specialists comment on that bout.
The Georgian team won this bronze in the toughest of conditions and once again proved its place among the world judo elite.
Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.
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