The 33rd Summer Olympic Games are being held in Paris. On July 27, members of the Georgian Olympic delegation participated in the competitions. Four Georgian athletes competed at the Paris Olympics.
For the first time, legendary bullet shooter Nino Salukvadze, swordsman Sandro Bazadze, judoist Giorgi Sardalashvili, and swimmer Ana Nizharadze competed.
Nino Salukvadze set a new record – she is the first woman in the world to participate in the tenth Olympics. He participated in the qualifying round of shooting with a pneumatic pistol from 10 meters, scored 562 points, ranked 38th among 45 participants, and finished the competition in this discipline. On August 2, the bullet shooter will compete in shooting with a sports pistol from a distance of 25 meters.
World champion and judoist Giorgi Sardalashvili was close to winning the Olympic medal; they finished his debut on the Olympic stage by fighting for bronze. For the third place, he gave up the match with Spanish Francisco Garigo and took the fifth place. Georgian athlete participated in the debut Olympics from the eighth final. He defeated Israeli representative Yam Volchak, gave up the quarterfinals to Turkish Salih Yildiz, and, in retaliation, defeated South Korean Won Jin Kim.
Sandro Bazadze, a swordsman, competed for the third time in the Olympics. In the eighth final, he faced Egyptian Mohammed Amer. The tense battle ended with the referees’ decision in favor of Egypt, with a score of 15:14. Sandro defeated Mexican Khibran Sias in the 1/16 final, with a score of 15:6.
The junior member of the Georgian Olympic delegation, 15-year-old swimmer Ana Nizharadze, competed in the women’s butterfly in the 100m distance. In her debut Olympics, she showed a 1:02.85 result and finished the competition in 28th place. Georgian swimmer at the Olympics. წ. He got hit with a wild card.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Georgian Minister of Culture and Sports Thea Tsulukiani attended the Georgian athletes’ competition.
Judoist Vazha Margvelashvili, boxer Giorgi Kushitashvili, and swimmer Noe Pantshava will start the fight for Olympic success on July 28.
They remind the public that the Government of Georgia will give each Olympic champion – 1,000,000 GEL, silver medalist – 500,000 GEL, and bronze prize winner – 250,000 GEL.
