Makedonas

Stefanos Tsitsipas into the fourth round after an easy 6-4 6-1 6-1 win against his Swedish friend. Tough match in the next round against Berrettini. Rare that two top 10 players face each other before the quarterfinals, but here we are.

Because his mother isn't Greek, he plays for Australia, and most people in Greece probably don't even know who he is. Nor should they unless they are tennis fans. He is not a top player, just an attention seeking troll. He could've been very good but he chose this path in his career. I have no sympathy for him. And besides, we have Tsitsipas who actually gets good results, is ranked higher and is younger and actually tries hard. So I'm happier about that.

Was Monfils ever disrespectful to opponents, fans, umpires? I don't think so. Kyrgios is a clown. Period. I tried to like him but after the Vekic incident that was the final straw. He's only gotten worse since then. He is a professional attention seeker. He always makes ridiculous comments/does ridiculous things in order for people to be talking about him because his results are nothing special.

Maybe he should stop trying so hard to be hated. His attitude is disgusting and disgraceful. I used to support him because his father is Greek born in Greece but no thank you. This guy is an embarrassment to all Greeks worldwide with his childish behaviors.

Greek National Indoor Championships I know it's only the women's 3000m race walk, but Antigoni Drisbioti broke her own Greek national record with 12:21.43 (previously 12:27.18), which is the WL. The event's other two competitors also achieved new PBs, as Christina Papadopoulou (12:30.25) and Kiriaki Filtisakou (12:38.82) are now second and third in the world this year.

They get to keep 2020 points for another year with the new ranking system

Yes, I agree. She improves so much every year and works very hard.

Ieva Adomaviciute of Lithuania has been suspended for anti-doping violations. She will miss the Tokyo Olympics. She won gold in the women's double sculls at the 2018 World Championships. I guess Lithuania keeps their quota place?

Ieva Adomaviciute of Lithuania has been suspended for anti-doping violations. She will miss the Tokyo Olympics. She won gold in the women's double sculls at the 2018 World Championships. I guess Lithuania keeps their quota place?

Very happy to see our Stefanos Tsitsipas with an easy first round win over Simon. I think he can do very well here. Unfortunately Maria Sakkari lost to Mladenovic. I think having to quarantine for two weeks ruined her chances, but also Mladenovic is a good player.

They are Aussies! So they are "proud" and "passionate" and "enthusiastic" so it's okay for them. But if they were Greek or Serbian for example, they would be labeled as "rowdy" and "drunk" and "nationalistic"

I think it's time for them to just withdraw and let take their spot in the women's event

Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.21m in long jump, EL for 2021

Greece just qualified!!!! We had to beat Bulgaria by +18 and we won by exactly 18 points! We led by only 15 and then scored basket-foul with 11 seconds left to go up 18. After our great 4th place finish in 2017, we surprisingly didn't qualify in 2019. We had many injuries and key players retiring, so this is a young team and I'm very glad we qualified. It is too early but if we keep improving I think we can make the 2024 or 2028 Olympics. We have some young girls coming up, Eleni Bosgana just turned 17 years old and she is supposed to be the next Maltsi for Greece.

Can't help but think this news benefits Greece once again. Our women's team is so young and fighting for that last spot (duet will for sure qualify as always). The extra year + now an extra few months should really boost their chances considering a lot of our girls are 16/17 years old.

Would this change the continental quotas? Or would the best fencers from each continent qualify based on how they do there?

Good luck!

Haha I admit I didn't watch today but the score looks good for us. We have a very young team. Oldest player is Christina Tsoukala who is 29 and everyone else is 26 or younger. We have several teenagers also. I think we can build this team for the next few years with the same players and aim for Paris 2024. Best of luck to Italy as well. You have three years to rebuild your team. I'm sure this year would've been different if there were fans at the OQT.

Yes I know, I was just saying it's a shame that we were so poor yesterday (especially in the second half) and then today we showed our potential. South Africa please do the right thing and withdraw

I'm not watching but I see that we are leading 8-3. Why couldn't we score this many goals yesterday too?

4-1 after first period

Watch from 3:45. Just amazing

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My predictions for Greece Archery: 0-1 (Evangelia Psarra is probably our only chance, it would be her 6th Olympic appearance but she is old now so I don't know) Artistic Swimming: 2-8 (We will definitely qualify in the duet. Team is 50/50) Athletics: 23-40 (We currently have 5 and there are many more who I'm 99% sure will make it off ranking, some others if they improve this year can make it and also hoping for a women's 4x400. We have many good young athletes that might not be ready for Tokyo but in Paris I expect a big team) Badminton: 0 Baseball: 0 of course (but our former national team player Nick Markakis was an MLB All-star in 2018 , and Moustakas in 2015/17/19) Basketball: 0-12 (our men's team should make it but they always choke and have bad luck with injuries in Olympic years) Beach Volleyball: 0-2 (Arvaniti/Karagkouni have some chances to qualify. Would be Arvaniti's 4th Olympics. They missed 2016 because of her pregnancy and got lucky with the postponement of Tokyo because she had an ACL injury and would've missed 2020) Boxing: 0-3 Canoeing - Slalom: 0-1 (small chance for Tsakmakis to make his fourth Olympics) Canoeing - Sprint: 0-1 (I don't know much about this sport but I know we have a young guy Dimopoulos who is decent but probably too young/inexperienced for Tokyo) Cycling - BMX: 0 Cycling - Mountain Bike: 1 Cycling - Road: 1 Cycling - Track: 1 Diving: 1-2 Equestrian: 0 Fencing: 1-2 Field Hockey: 0 Football: 0 Golf: 0-1 (there is some Greek guy from South Africa who is trying to qualify for Greece but I know nothing about golf and don't know if he is any good) Gymnastics - Artistic: 1-2 (assuming Petrounias makes it) Gymnastics - Rhythmic: 0-1 (chance for Eleni Kelaiditi. Our group surely won't qualify which would be the first time since 1996. They aren't good anymore) Gymnastics - Trampoline: 0 Handball: 0 Judo: 3-4 Karate: 0-2 (Eleni Chatziliadou was world champion in 2018 so she should make it, but she was injured and her ranking fell so I'm not sure what her current status is) Modern Pentathlon: 0 Rowing: 4-10 (we already qualified women's pair and will almost certainly make it in women's single sculls and men's single sculls. Also a very good chance for lightweight women's double sculls. Outside chances for women's double sculls, men's four and men's lightweight double sculls but a lot of these athletes are too young and probably will make it in 2024) Rugby Sevens: 0 Sailing: 8-10 (we already have 8) Shooting: 3 Skateboarding: 0 Softball: 0 Sport Climbing: 0? (I know absolutely nothing about this sport) Surfing: 0? (I also don't have a clue) Swimming: 10-18 (we already have 7 and I think we'll get several more. Outside chance for men's 4x200 freestyle which would give us more athletes that probably can't make it individually) Table Tennis: 1-2 Taekwondo: 0-4 (Telikostoglou should make it as he won silver at 2019 World Championships. Tzeli was a medalist at the 2018 Youth Olympics and should have a better chance to make it now that she got an extra year. We have a few others with outside chances) Tennis: 2 Triathlon: 0? (no idea) Volleyball: 0 Water Polo: 13 (unless South Africa and/or Russia don't go and our women make it too) Weightlifting: 2 Wrestling: 1-2 Total Sports: 28 Optimistic Total Athletes: 154 Realistic Total Athletes: 117 Pessimistic Total Athletes: 78 (My math might be off. Every time I added them up I got different numbers