Giorgi Gogshelidze, a free-style wrestler in the category of up to 96 kg, finished his participation in the London Olympics with the win and gained bronze medal second time during two Olympic Games in a raw.

A 33-year veteran started his wrestle for the third place with the loss in the first set but he won in the second one 4:0 and defeated Kurban Kurbanov in a decisive third set 2:0.

Gogshelidze's medal was the 7th medal for the Georgian Olympic delegation. So far the gold medal has been won by Lasha Shavdatuashvili (Judo, 66 kg), silver medals by Revaz Lashkhi (Greco-Roman wrestling, 60 kg), Lado Khinchegashvili (free-style wrestling, 55 kg) and David Modzmanashvili (free-style wrestling, +120 kg), and bronze medals by Manuchar Tskhadaia (Greco-Roman wrestling, 66 kg) and David Marsagishvili (free-style wrestling, 84 kg).

The 7 medals has been the best quantitative result in the history of independent Georgia.