Judo

11:26 | 29.11.2013 | Viewed []

Georgian Athletes were Forced to Leave Japan

Georgian judo team is in Tokyo, where at first they will take part in the traditional memorial of Jigoro Kano, then will be involved in the joint practices of the team. Head coach of the team took all the major candidates in Japan. Beka Gviniashvili (90kg) and Guram Tushishvili (100kg) should be also added to the extended list but due to an unforeseen accident these athletes are now in Tbilisi.

Gviniashvili and Tushishvili arrived to Japan for the joint trainings with adult and youth teams 2 weeks ago and they were able to join the national team there, but the Georgians were forced to leave Japan early. As a reason was named unsettle of Tsukuba University.

There are already talks about specific reasons. It turns out that the Georgians were speaking loudly and also listened music at high volume, which turned out to be unacceptable for the local people. They also violated the rules in the street with bike and there was another accident in the Georgians living room – when one athlete tried to move fire extinguisher and made it work involuntary.

Georgian delegation returned in Tbilisi ahead of time and now judo federation is working on this issue. Federation president Davit Kevkhishvili told to “World Sport”, that the commission has been already set up to investigate the details and will make a decision next week. 

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