Giorgi Asanidze’s warning
On September 17 Nodar Akhalkatsi, the President of the Georgian Football Federation, resigned due to the Georgian national team’s poor results. He gave no other reason for his decision, claiming he was leaving “voluntarily”.
Giorgi Asanidze, the former Olympic weightlifting champion who is now Chairman of the Sports and Youth Issues Parliamentary Committee, thinks that Akhalkatsi’s resignation will not resolve the problems in the Football Federation as there is a complex internal confrontation going on there.
Giorgi Asanidze had the following podium finishes: 3rd in the 2000 Olympics Light-Heavyweight class (390.0 kg); 1st in the 2004 Olympics Light-Heavyweight class (382.5 kg); 1st in the 2001 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (390.0 kg); 2nd in the 2002 World Championships Light-Heavyweight class (385..0 kg); 1st in the 2000 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (390..0 kg); 1st in the 2001 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (380..0 kg); 1st in the 2002 European Championships Light-Heavyweight class (380..0 kg). He set two world records in the snatch in 1998 and in 2000.
