Levan Kelekhsashvili (66 kg) and Davit Kerashvili (96 kg), members of the Georgian freestyle wrestling team, will wrestle for bronze medals at World Championship. Current European champion Giorgi Edisherashvili lost ¼ final.

Kelekhsashvili defeated Arun Kumar of India (8:0), Ayad Ibrahim Khalil of Egypt (8:1) and Aleksandr Kantoyev of Belarus (7:5). In semifinal he lost to David Safaryan of Armenia 5:6. In repechage final Kelekhsashvili will face Magomed Kurbanaliev of Russia.

Kerashvili lost gold-silver chance in ¼ final where he lost to Reza Yazdani of Iran (2:8). Before that the Georgian beat Jae-Gang Kim of South Korea (2:1) and Egzon Shala of Albania (12:5). In “bronze semifinal” Kerashvili won over Ivan Yankouski of Belarus (9:7). In the decisive fight he will wrestle Pavlo Oliynyk of Ukraine.

The final block will start at 21:00 Tbilisi time.

Otar Maglakelidze