At the Grand Slam Judo Tournament in Paris, Georgian team participated in 6 weight categories and earned only one Bronze Medal. It went to bantam-weight athlete Amiran Papinashvili, who won three combats out of four and besides the Bronze Medal, earned 120 rating points.

Shalva Kardava (66kg) won only one combat and in the 1/16 finals he lost to the Italian athlete. He earned 24 points.

Olympic champion Zurab Zviadauri (90kg) lost at the start to The Mongolian opponent. In the same weight category Varlam Liparteliani defeated the Polish and Kazakh judo wrestlers but in the quarterfinals he lost to the Cuban sportsman and contented himself with 60 points.

As the saying has it, Levan Zhorzholiani (100kg), Adam Okruashvili (+100kg) and Zviad Khanjaliashvili (+100kg) ‘did ‘nothing to write home about'.

This time the participation of Georgian team in the Paris Grand Slam Competition ended with 1 Bronze Medal and the 13th group place.

Trainees of coach Peter Zeizenbacher are scheduled to take part in the World Judo Cup Tournament in Oberwart, Austria, on February 11-12 and they will try to gain there the licensing points for the London Olympic Games.