European Games in Poland: 2 more medals, great performances by Greek athletes

The European Games in Poland continue with the successes of Greek athletes and women. Our heroes have turned into … medal collectors.

Two more added to the ‘blue and white’ medal list today (6/25) and the total harvest so far is 11. The national athletics team will remain in the first category of the European team championship, which is considered a great success.

the Emanuela KatzourkisAfter an impressive performance, he won the silver medal in skeet (shooting). The 22-year-old was among those injured in the Tempe tragedy, and just four months ago, she managed the biggest success of her career to date. The 22-year-old scored 35 points, while Italy’s Martina Bartomeu scored 37 and took first place.

the Anna Kurakaki He competed in the accurate shots and with a score of 289/300 he finished ninth. Tomorrow (26/6) he will participate in the rapid fire competition and try to qualify for the sporting pistol final. Nikolas Mavromatis and Emmanuela Katzourakis will compete in a mixed team skit tomorrow.

the Apostolos Telikostoglou He also showed his talent in Poland. In the 80-man taekwondo small final, he beat Simon Piatkowski of Poland 2-1 and won the bronze medal.

In athletics, the national team has achieved something very difficult: they have secured their place in the first division of European classic sports. Athletics were held in Silesia and the representative group finished 13th with 256.5 points. it was amazing Polleniki Emanuelidou In the 200 metres, the young champion finished the race in 22.85, a performance that ranked her third ever in Greece and third in the event. Katerina Cova holds the Greek record with a score of 22.67 since 1996 and follows the record set by Maria Pelimpasaki in 2017 with a score of 22.6. Elena Jingo With a best throw of 59.40 metres, he finished fifth in the javelin while taking the same place Yannis Kyriazis (79.01) in the corresponding men’s event. They also add valuable harvest points Tatyana Gusin Who came in sixth place with an effort of 1.87m Anthony Merlos whose height exceeded 2.13 meters and ranked tenth.

In Women’s Sword Exercise, h Katerina Kontochristopoulou came the nineteenth h Stavrina Garifalo 21 f Maria Chaldayo 30th place among 49 gymnasts. All three of our fencers, along with proprietary measures They will compete next Wednesday (27/6) in the team.

There was a Greek flavor to the technical swimming gold medal in the duo. twin sisters Anna Maria and Irene Maria Alexandrie Upgraded to the free program. Lost champions of Austria of Greek origin with first place “booked” a ticket to the Olympic Games in Paris. It will be the third Olympic participation for the two artistic swimming champions.