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Another European final for Theodora Drakou, this time in the women's 50 backstroke She's finished 4th/5th at least 4 times in her career, but never won a medal. She said that is the one medal she is chasing which is why she continued after Tokyo and will swim until Paris. Sadly I don't think she has a chance to win a medal in the final but you never know!

4th for Ntountounaki, lately we are becoming Canada 2.0 with all of these 4th place finishes in every sport

Same here, it would be unbearable to follow our medias in case we would not have made it

Olympiacos survived on penalties to beat Slovan Bratislava

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Λαμπρίδης αναδείχθηκε Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης U17 στην κατηγορία των 61κ., σηκώνοντας 249 κιλά στο σύνολο. Σπουδαία εμφάνιση από τον Κωνσταντίνο Λαμπρίδη που έφερε διάκριση στην ελληνική άρση βαρών μετά από πολύ καιρό. Ο νεαρός αθλητής αναδείχθηκε πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης στα 61 κιλά, καθώς σήκωσε 249 κιλά στο σύνολο! Ο Λαμπρίδης δεν ξεκίνησε καλά χάνοντας την πρώτη προσπάθεια στο αρασέ στα 105 κιλά. Ωστόσο στη δεύτερη τα σήκωσε και μετά τα κατάφερε και στα 109 κιλά, κατακτώντας το χάλκινο μετάλλιο. Στο ζετέ, όμως, δεν είχε αντίπαλο και ξεκινώντας από τα 134 κιλά και μετά σήκωσε 140, επίδοση που ήταν αρκετή για το χρυσό μετάλλιο, τόσο στη κίνηση, όσο και στο σύνολο. Δοκίμασε και στα 142 χωρίς επιτυχία αλλά ούτως ή άλλως ήταν ο πρώτος στην Ευρώπη, πετυχαίνοντας τεράστια επιτυχία για την ελληνική άρση βαρών. «Είμαι πολύ χαρούμενος για τη διάκριση που πέτυχα. Θα ήθελα να ευχαριστήσω όσους συνέβαλαν σε αυτή, την Ομοσπονδία, τους προπονητές και το σύλλογο μου, στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση μάλιστα, προπονητής είναι ο μπαμπάς μου. Τη διάκριση αυτή θέλω να την χαρίσω στην Ελλάδα», είπε μετά την κατάκτηση του χρυσού ο Λαμπρίδης. Στην κατηγορία των 61 κιλών στους U15 ο Στέφανος Τρακόσσας ήταν 9ος με 187 κιλά στο σύνολο, με 80 στο αρασέ και 107 στο ζετέ.

All six of our crews made the A Finals Bourmpou/Fragkou finished 6th as expected. Papakonstantinou looking like a lock to win a medal in the men's lightweight single. Kalandaridis/Palaiopanos a pleasant surprise after they previously struggled in the men's category, they look like a 50/50 chance to win a medal. Ntouskos I think is likely to win a medal too but not certain. Even Fitsiou might win a medal. I can't see Anastasiadou win a medal which is frustrating because if we put her in the lightweight single and stead of the single, she would've been the clear favourite to win gold... Also interesting that Ahmet Rapi representing Sweden actually grew up in Greece. Never would have guessed it based on the name of course

Gave me false hope that our 17 yo Apostolos Siskos made the final, but instead he finished 9th since Ndoye got back in

Emmanouilidou out due to injury. She was only going to be competing in our women's 4x100 team. Such a shame as I really thought we would make the final, but as always at least one of our best girls is injured so our relay team can never show their full potential We don't have enough depth to make the final without her I fear... Also Vasiliou out (400 and 4x400). This was supposed to be her last competition although she also said that at the World Indoors. Somehow I think we will see her until Paris 2024. It's a shame our 4x400 team will struggle without her, although ever since Belibasaki disappeared we had no chance of making the Olympics anyways.

This time it was Vasiliki Alexandri, the third Greek triplet competing for Austria, who won bronze in the solo with 90.0156, and our girl Evangelia Platanioti got 4th with 89.9965 So embarrassing that these sisters went to compete for Austria and ended up becoming better than all of our girls who stayed in Greece...

Mixed championships for Greece so far. Bourmpou/Fragkou into the final in the women's pair, but they have not looked convincing at all. I'd be shocked if they won a medal, which is disappointing as Bourmpou won bronze at the European Championships at the same boat class in 2020 as a 19 year old. Still, it was good for them to win the World U23 title this year and I'm sure they'll win the European U23 title in a few weeks' time. Fitsiou into the final in the women's lightweight single. I don't expect a medal from her but this is her biggest final ever. Anastasiadou competing in the women's single (!!!) after her partner Kontou had Covid and they had to pull out of the lightweight double. I'm not sure why they didn't just move Fitsiou to the lightweight double (as her and Anastasiadou have competed together in the past) or put Anastasiadou in the lightweight single (where she would 99% win a medal) and make Fitsiou go in the single (as she probably won't win a medal anyways). However, Anastasiadou is doing great, she won her heat defeating Gmelin and Foester which is really impressive considering she is only 20 yo and a lightweight rower. Dalidou/Natsioula had to withdraw from the women's double because they got Covid. I was curious to see how they'd do at this level after winning the European juniors and World juniors and setting a World junior record. I guess we'll have to wait until next year, unless we put them in the World Championships but I guess the European U23s would be more likely (if they can recover by then). Ntouskos won his heat in the men's single. It is his first big regatta since winning gold in Tokyo (he was supposed to compete in one of the World Cup events but he got Covid). The goal for him should be to just win a medal. His gold in Tokyo is his only senior medal so far, so it would be good to just get on the podium especially since he took a break after Tokyo so I had doubts as to his condition/form. Papakonstantinou won his heat in the men's lightweight single by 13+ seconds. He'll definitely make the final and is a good chance for a medal. He disappeared a little after his U23 success, so I'm happy to see him back and doing well. Kalandaridis/Palaiopanos finished 2nd in their heat in the men's double and advanced to the semifinal. I think the goal should be to make the final and I believe they will. A medal may be out of reach but both are still relatively young and the men's double is a very competitive event so no shame in that. Disappointed to not see Stergiakas on this team after he came back to the sport last year and won gold with Palaiopanos in the men's double at the World U23s. I guess he disappeared again...

Our U18 women's team might make history at the European Championships (Division A). We won our group and then lost in the round of 16 and in the 9-16 classification game, so now we have to play the 13-16 classification games. If we end up being one of the three teams relegated (very likely at this point), I wonder if we will be the first team to ever get relegated at a European Championships after winning the group. Surely it has to be a first, especially as the format changed a few years ago and prior to that this was not possible. What an incredible achievement for our girls

Unfortunately we lost 10-8, congrats to USA!

Δεύτερη δύναμη στον κόσμο η Εθνική νεανίδων, έχασε από τις ΗΠΑ με 10-8 στον τελικό στο Βελιγράδι, παρά την μεγάλη προσπάθεια να γυρίσει το ματς.

It's Greece vs USA in the final, we already beat them 15-14 in the group stage. Whoever wins will be the first country to ever win this tournament twice (we won the inaugural tournament in 2012).

We are in the final! We beat Hungary 10-9. We led 10-5 and choked but we were able to hold on in the end for the win.

«Καταιγίδα» η Εθνική πόλο Νεανίδων, «παρέσυρε» με 23-9 την Νέα Ζηλανδία και προκρίθηκε στην ημιτελική φάση του Παγκοσμίου Πρωταθλήματος U18 που διεξάγεται στο Βελιγράδι.

2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships: SILVER: Womens -55kg - Athanasia Repoulia BRONZE: Men -63 kg - Rafael Pappa Womens -59 kg - Anna Maria Kriatsioti

2022 World Taekwondo Cadet Championships: SILVER: Girls -51kg - Magdalini Klakala BRONZE: Boys -37 kg - Nikolaos Papacharalampous Girls -41 kg - Despoina Nalmpanti Girls -55 kg - Maria Evangelia Peimanidou

World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships 2022 Semifinals: vs vs

In the end it was a decent Championships for us. One gold and one silver, more or less what we expected. Also two fourth place finishes (are we the new Canada? ). Our highlights (top 8 finishers) : Korakidis winning gold in the men's hammer with a WL was great, although it's too bad Polychroniou finished 4th. I really wanted both on the podium. If not for the Finnish guy, all three medalists would've had the same national anthem Filippidou silver in the women's discus with a SB was nice after her struggles this year. Hopefully next year she can get a new PB again because her progress stalled and Paris is looking unlikely for her at this point. Pavlidis 4th in the men's discus after breaking the U20NR twice, wow! I thought Bouzakis was our contender in that event but he didn't even make the final. Emmanouilidou 5th in the women's 200. I think if the conditions were better she would've had another U20NR. Her finishing 11th in the 100 was also good. I can't remember the last time we had a female sprinter this promising, probably not since Thanou. It's too bad there was no European U20 this year, she would've won gold in the 200! Kassou 8th in 3000 and 9th in 5000, also really good as we don't normally do well in these distance events. If we had a European U20 this year, she would've won medals. Rapti 8th in the women's triple jump is decent, but her progress seems to have stalled the last two years as she's barely improved her PB. She's still only 18, but she had 12.87 in 2020, 12.96 in 2021, and 13.11 in 2022. She needs a big improvement next year, something like 13.50.

2022 World Athletics U20 Championships: GOLD: Ioannis Korakidis - Men's Hammer Throw SILVER: Despoina-Areti Filippidou - Women's Discus Throw

Now that @PHI2019 confirmed it's official (), Korakidis winning gold in the men's hammer with a WL is surely the highlight of the day for . I really wanted both of our guys to get on the podium, but Polychroniou lost it right at the end and got 4th Emmanouilidou was the other highlight of the day. After already having the U20NR of 23.41, she had 23.43 in the heats and then 23.20 in the semifinals . I don't think she can win a medal but making the final is already a huge achievement for her, it's too bad there was no U20 Europeans this year as she surely would've won a medal there . The goal for her in the final should be just to improve the U20NR one last time. Dragomirova 12th in the heptathlon was respectable, but her results are far too inconsistent. She needs to improve a lot in the track events. She was 20/20 in the 800 (7 seconds behind the 19th place finisher)....She is great in the field events although in the past she did much better in the long jump. Pomaski (Tentoglou's coach) said that he could've made her a 7m+ long jumper but she chose to do combined events instead. Her long jump PB is 6.44 from 2019 when she was 16 yo. She has regressed since then (as seen with 5.98 from today being her SB). Her long jump, 200, and 800 PBs are from 2019. At this age that is unacceptable, she needs to be improving... Triantafyllou finished a disappointing 12th in the women's pole vault, but I never expected her to win a medal. Maybe in 2024 though Deliu 35th in the women's 100 hurdles. Whatever.

Did he win or not? Everyone reputable here in Greece went to bed after reporting that he finished in 4th place