Judoka Ilia Sulamanidze won Georgia’s 3rd medal of the Paris Olympics - silver, after losing to Azerbaijan’s Zelym Kotsoev in the men’s 100kg final.

Georgia has 3 Olympic medals from Paris so far, a gold by judoka Lasha Bekauri and 2 silvers - one by judoka Tato Grigalashvili and another by Ilia Sulamanidze.

Out of 28 Georgian athletes at the Paris Olympics the largest number- 10, in including 3 women, compete in judo.