EURONEWS / Tbilisi GP 2018

Vazha Margvelashvili shines on a grand day for Georgia at the Tbilisi GP 2018 🇬🇪 Day one of the Tbilisi Grand Prix here in Georgia saw Vazha Margvelashvili become man of the day. He was superb all day long and after a sublime ouchi-gari he used an armlock to score ippon in his first contest. Next up was a brilliant counter against Israel’s Yarin Menaged before he came up against last year’s gold medallist Lasha Giunashvili at the semi-finals stage. This massive pickup followed by a counter attack for a second waza-ari put him into the final. His opponent there would be Daniel Cargnin and a close contest would be decided by penaties. Margvelashvili was crowned champion thrilling the home crowd. “It gives me more motivation when I know that my father and the rest of my family are here watching, said the Georgian. “It gives me that extra push and I want to say thank you to all the people that came to support me today.“ Euronews English 30/03/2018