News - Georgian National Olympic Committee

22 January 2012

The youth ‘White Olympics' is nearing its end. Our downhill skiers Susana Gava and Nikoloz Kodanashvili have been participating in the winter sports competitions.

20 January 2012

Bomb in Innsbruck And Disqualified Russian Athletes

The 1st Youth Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, abounded with incidents. It began with Russian biathlonists, who were the second to cross the Finnish Line but due to the mistake they made during passing over the baton, they were disqualified and deprived the Silver Medal.

18 January 2012

Lyuba Golovina Is the 11th Olympian

Today, at the Georgian National Olympic Committee, the trampoline jumper Lyuba Goloviva received congratulations on gaining the license for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Recently she earned the Olympic license at the International Qualifying Tournament in Trampolining in London.

17 January 2012

National Olympic Committees of Georgia And Kazakhstan Signed the Memorandum

Georgian National Olympic Committee continues to develop businesslike relations with the NOCs of different countries by means of signing corresponding memorandums. Recently, the memorandum of the said type was signed with the NOC of Kazakhstan.

16 January 2012

Tatishvili vs. Vozniatski

Georgian tennis player Ana Tatishvili's debut at the main tournament of Australian Open proved to be successful. Ana's current rating is No. 86.

13 January 2012

The Early Bird of 2012 Is Lyuba Golovina

Last year Georgian athletes won 10 Olympic Licenses. The first to join the race for the ‘London-2012' licenses, was trampoline jumper Lyuba Golovina, who has participated in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 where she took the 6th place.

10 January 2012

Sports Compound ‘Arena’ Was Officially Opened

On January 10, the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Lado Vardzelashvili together with the Vice President of Georgian National Olympic Committee Davit Gobejishvili officially opened sports compound ‘Arena'. Rehabilitation works at sports compound ‘Arena' started in 2011.

09 January 2012

Best of 2011 Chosen by GEONOC in Different Categories

1. Best Athlete - Cristine Esebua (Archery)2. Best Coaches - Zaza Turmanidze (Freestyle Wrestling), An Heyung Seyung (Archery)

09 January 2012

Sport Season Opens in Innsbruck

Winter Youth Olympic Games opens the sport season of 2012 on January 13-22 in Innsbruck, Austria. International Olympic Committee arrived at the decision to establish Summer and Winter Youth Olympic Games at its 119th session in 2007 in Guatemala.

29 December 2011

Association of Sporting Medicine Summed Up Year 2011

At the end of year 2011 the Association of Sporting Medicine convened its traditional summary session. The attending members of the Association and the persons concerned discussed various topical issues.