Tomorrow Piter Seisenbacher head coach of Georgian Judo National Team names the players who will compete at European Championship at special press conference, which is to be held at Judo Academy named after Shota Chochishvili. 40 candidates of Georgian Judo Team have preparation for two weeks in Dusheti.
Today coaches held test match and the candidates for European Championship will be chosen based on this result. As far as we are informed Seisenbacher changed preliminary plan and he will represent two-two candidates in 7 weight categories.
Leadership of Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs of Georgia and National Olympic Committee attended to this test match in Dusheti. Lado Vardzelashvili and Gia Natsvlishvili stated that Georgian Judo Team is preparing for the most important tournament – World Championship and that’s why Georgian sportsmen will not be in optimal condition but in spite of this they hope that they will succeed at European Championship.
On April 21-24 European Championship is held in Istanbul. Georgian delegation leaves for Turkey on April 20.
Otar Maglakelidze
