The Olympics Blog» Georgia, The Olympics Blog, http://theolympianblog.com Vancouver 2010| London 2012| Olympic Athletes | Hotties | Latest Olympic Updates | Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Irakli Tsirekidze: Georgia on His Mind http://theolympianblog.com/irakli-tsirekidze-georgia-on-his-mind/ http://theolympianblog.com/irakli-tsirekidze-georgia-on-his-mind/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:16:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=317 Judoka Irakli Tsirekidze won the second medal for Georgia following his countryman, Manuchar Kvirkvelia’s triumph in wrestling. Irakli defeated Algerian Amar Benikhlef to bag the judo men’s 90-kg title.

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Manuchar Kvirkvelia Waves Flag for Georgia

Photo source: tvnz

]]> http://theolympianblog.com/irakli-tsirekidze-georgia-on-his-mind/feed/ 0 Manuchar Kvirkvelia Waves Flag for Georgia http://theolympianblog.com/manuchar-kvirkvelia-waves-flag-for/ http://theolympianblog.com/manuchar-kvirkvelia-waves-flag-for/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:15:00 +0000 bill http://theolympianblog.com/?p=314 His country may be at war with Russia but this did not prevent Manuchar Kvirkvelia from emerging as the Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling (74 kg). Bad Uncle Vladimir might not be happy with your flag-waving but he can’t do anything about it.

Photo source: getty images via beijing 2008

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