Apostolos Papastamos: European champion and Greek record holder – Sports

The stunner broke everything Apostolos Papastamos! The Greek champion wanted a sub-4.12.50 time in the 400m final. Mixed individual European Championship Track and field races in Belgrade in order to check the “ticket” for the Olympic Games in Paris, but he achieved the unthinkable!

Papastamos has run the race of his life 4.10.83its mastery Gold medalTo break the Greek record and of course he will travel to the French capital! The 23-year-old was excellent from the first 100 laps, indicating that he would be crowned European champion and with a terrible time, as he did! Hungarians Holo and Pozori lost it after 150 metres. Terrible at backstroke and butterfly. Enjoyable In the freestyle, his entire effort was unique.

It has been solved, in fact, 4.11.93Which he swam at the World Championships in Budapest in 2019!

As for him Daniel Yourtzidiswho also competed in the final, swam the distance in 4.16.64, achieving a personal best and placing fourth.

We remind you of the excellent appearance and new Greek record of O Stergios Pellas He earned his first career appearance in a major event final at the men’s level (in an individual event).

The Greek swimmer scored Best Time In the semi-finals of the 50 meter butterfly, at the European Championships in Belgrade, he recorded a time of 23.06, improving on the 23.16 he achieved last year (August 13, 2023) at the European Under-23 Championships in Dublin, where he won the gold medal.

The final will be held tomorrow (6/18), at 19:37, and competing alongside Bella are Israeli Meron Amir Cerruti (23.20), Hungarian Sebastian Szabo, European champion in 2021 (23.23), Austrian Simon Bucher (23.29), and Ukrainian Vladislav Bokov (23.29). The Czech Daniel Grasek (23.31), the Croatian Nikola Milinic (23.34), and the Romanian Denis Lorient Popescu (23.45).

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