Several days ago, Veteran Georgian sambo wrestler Temur Giorgadze, finished World championship which was under the city of Morocco, Casablanca without any failure and became the world champion among veterans. Two sportsmen represented Georgian national team on African tatami and both of them became prize winners. “World Sport” talked to Temur Giorgadze about the tournament.
-The tournament was held in a high level and it is pleasant that I managed to win another gold medal. I played under 44 in 62 weight categories and won three matches. Before the final I beat Russian and Ukrainian opponents.  In the decisive fight I beat Russian opponent. Besides this Zaur Sakhvadze competed upper 65 age category in 90 kg weight category and won bronze medal. Another Georgian sportsman – Otar Kurashvili served for the tournament as a referee and besides this he gained title of extra class referee.  

- You became world champion the sixth time..
- to tell the truth in comparison with the previous championships, this one was the most difficult. There were the strongest sportsmen at Casablanca world championship. There were about 500 veteran sambo wrestlers from 35 countries.
- How many age categories were there?
- 6 age categories. The youngest were 35-39 year-old Sambo wrestlers and the oldest 65-year-old sportsmen. Even 76-year-old Russian veteran participated in this tournament. Traditionally, Russia had the most representatives at the tournament- about 200 sportsmen.   
- Why there were only 2 sportsmen from Georgia?
- The first reason is that veterans cannot keep fit in Georgia. Even active sportsmen hardly manage to keep fit due to our lifestyle. Without this it is nonsense to leave for world championship. It is called veteran championship, but you saw what kind of fights is held there.  There was time when Georgian was represented with 10-12 people at this tournament. I hope Georgian national team will have more representatives at the next world championship, which will be held in the US. We will not have finance problem- the government always used to help veterans and I hope it will continue in the future too. The main thing is veterans to want it and start preparation for US championships not two weeks ago, today.  
- How do you manage to keep fit?
- I live with healthy lifestyle. I do exercise every day. There used to be held European veteran championship before and before it was stopped I managed to gain one gold medal. Now our main goal is to compete well at World championship.

Otar Maglakelidze