Makedonas

I see our friend @OlympicsFan is back

Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament Preliminary Round - Group D 28 - 1

Ο Χρήστου τερμάτισε 5ος στην γρηγορότερη κούρσα όλων των εποχών. Ας θυμηθούμε ότι έκανε ντεμπούτο σε Παγκόσμιο το 2015, όπου τερμάτισε 31ος. Στη συνέχεια, ήταν 18ος στους Ολυμπιακούς του Ριο, 13ος στο Παγκόσμιο το 2017, 10ος στο Παγκόσμιο το 2019, 11ος στους Ολυμπιακούς πέρυσι, και τώρα 5ος στο παγκόσμιο. Απίστευτη εξέλιξη και μακάρι να βελτιωθεί ακόμα περισσότερο τα επόμενα χρόνια.

Στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα, ο Απόστολος Χρήστου σημείωσε ρεκόρ αγώνων με 52.09 στα 100μ ύπτιο (52.26 το προηγούμενο - από το μακρινό 2009) Προφανώς αυτή η επίδοση αποτελεί και πανελλήνιο ρεκόρ (52.77 το προηγούμενο - στο περσινό Πανευρωπαϊκό) Επίσης, ο Χρήστου είναι στο νο.7 όλων των εποχών (51.85 το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ) Ο τελικός θα γίνει αύριο στις 20:00

2022 European Cadets (U17) Wrestling Championships: GOLD Arionas Kolitsopoulos (Men's Greco-Roman 65 kg) BRONZE Dimitris Thanos (Men's Greco-Roman 110 kg) Nikoleta Barba (Women's Freestyle 69 kg)

Apostolos Christou with a CR of 52.09 (previously 52.26) in the men's 100 backstroke semifinals Obviously broke his own NR as well (previously 52.77) Really hoping he can win a medal here, although last year at the Euros he only won bronze with 52.97 after swimming 52.77 in the semifinals (which would've been enough for gold in the final...)

So Anna Ntountounaki was 9th, missing out on the final by 0.02. At the Tokyo Olympics she was also 9th, missing out on the final by 0.06. She was so close to making the final both times, I really hope she can make it at the next Worlds

Bronze for Evangelia Platanioti in the solo technical routine, our first ever World Championships medal in artistic/synchronized swimming

You said it is not a big time commitment so I can probably do it for sure, my only issue is I do not have a Greek keyboard on my computer so it is annoying to type in Greek letters for me Though I suppose I can do it from my phone which has a Greek keyboard.

So in men's we have Greece and Croatia in the same group at both the Worlds and Europeans this year...

Also adding @El Greco 21 although it seems that he has not been active for quite some time. And does this mean our national thread will be moved here? EDIT-Never mind, I now see that that question was already answered.

Second consecutive loss for Andreas Michailidis in UFC

4th place for 21 yo Emmanouela Katzouraki in the women's skeet

Swiatek deserved this title. It would've been a shame if she was not able to win a major during this big winning streak. Congrats to @Monzanator and our other Polish friends here

For a second I thought that was Kudermetova

1.81 στον ανοιχτό 1.93 στον ανοιχτό!! Το προηγούμενο της ατομικο στον ανοιχτό ήταν 1.81 από πέρυσι 6.36 και αργότερα 6.49 στον ανοιχτό! Φλωρου-Δημητριαδου: 4.09 PB Τζενγκο: 65.40 PB, U23NR, 2η στον κόσμο φετος στην κατηγορία γυναικών αλλά και 2η όλων των εποχών στην Ελλάδα Βολτεα: 3.80 PB Μοζα: 5.84 PB Ανδρεαδη: 14.78 PB Δεληγιαννη: 2:03.47 PB Μπουζακης: 57.13 PB 100μ γυναικών: Εμμανουηλιδου: 11.44 PB (το Πανελλήνιο ρεκόρ Κ20 της Θάνου είναι 11.43…) Αναστασίου: 11.54 PB 200μ γυναικών: Αναστασίου: 23.31 PB

I am very curious about her if anyone has any info about her background. Her name is Greek (I can't find any other Albanians named Evangelia/Evagjelia, and I know Greeks with the surname Velis/Veli although I guess the name is basic/short enough that the feminine Greek version could also be a surname in other countries? It's not like her surname is Giannopoulou or something ), and she writes a lot in Greek on Instagram comments under her posts and I remember she used to have a lot of photos in Athens (I stalked her profile periodically after I spotted her name at the Rio Olympics ) and I still can't find out what her story is. She always used #albaniangirl or something on Instagram (never claimed to be Greek as far as I know) and all of her old photos were deleted and it looks like she is no longer based in Greece. Wikipedia says she's from Fier which is not part of the Greek minority zone in Albania... For almost 6 years now I have been trying to find info on her background

Some interesting results at the Filothei Women Gala in Athens last night: W 100m: 18 yo Polyniki Emmanouilidou with a new PB of 11.44. She is very close to breaking Thanou's U20 NR of 11.43, and with many races left in the season, I think she'll do it. She already had 11.51 from last month and keeps improving, her best result from 2021 was 11.55, 11.71 from 2020, 11.94 from 2019, so she keeps improving every year. Also I really like our chances to qualify for Paris in the women's 4x100 with Emmanouilidou, Spanoudaki, and Anastasiou (plus we need to find one more to complete the team). W High Jump: Marija Vukovic won with 1.95. The world junior champion from 2010 is finally living up to her potential these last couple seasons. She's been living in Greece for a few years and working with a Greek coach (Ioanna Siomou) and her results have been so good compared to how mediocre she was for many years. Great to see her consistently clearing 1.95/1.96 these days, we love her in Greece like she's one of our own. 16 yo Angelina Topic (Dragutin's daughter) with a new PB of 1.95! Her previous outdoor PB was 1.88 from last year. She clearly likes Greece because her indoor PB is 1.91 this winter in Athens as well. 23 yo Eleftheria Christogeorgou with a big PB of 1.93. Her previous outdoor PB was 1.81 from last year, although she had 1.87 this year indoors. She out of nowhere has seen big improvements the last couple years as she started working with Pomaski (coach of Tentoglou and Papachristou). Before 2021, her PB of 1.75 stood from 2015! Her brother is a goalkeeper for the Greek U21 football national team. 22 yo Despina Maltabe with a PB of 1.87. She won bronze at the European U18s in Tbilisi in 2016 and did nothing since, but good to see her finally making improvements and getting new PBs after 1.83 last year and 1.84 last month. W Pole Vault: Katerina Stefanidi won with 4.64. Far from her best but good for this year considering her SB is 4.65 and WL is only 4.73... 17 yo Alina-Amalia Florou-Dimitriadou with a new PB of 4.09 (she had 4.05 from April). Another one who is improving year after year. Her PB was 3.90 in 2021, 3.50 in 2020, 3.40i in 2019, 3.05 in 2018.

I want Cilic to win it all at this point @dcro I dislike Nadal and Zverev, and Ruud winning a slam would be too random and kind of ridiculous for him to win one before Tsitsipas, Rublev, (or Zverev even though I dislike him). Plus I always had a soft spot for Cilic.

No, it was not https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/women/senior/2022?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true

Orestis Karnezis (football) He was our goalkeeper at the 2014 World Cup. 49 caps with the national team between 2012 and 2018. He is 36 yo and played for clubs like Napoli, Lille, Granada, Watford, Udinese, and Panathinaikos in his career.

65.40 for 19 yo Elina Tzengko in the women's javelin in Ostrava Her progress kind of stalled since her 63.96 in 2020 as a 17 yo, but this is a big new PB and 2nd in the world this year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedat_Albayrak I'm not sure when he started competing for Greece or what his situation is, but born in competing for and then for

Men's singles main draw: Second round: (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE d. (Q) Zdenek Kolar CZE 6-3 7-6(8) 6-7(3) 7-6(7) Third round: (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE d. Mikael Ymer SWE 6-2 6-2 6-1 Fourth round: (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas GRE vs. Holger Rune DEN Women's singles main draw: Second round: Karolina Muchova CZE d. (4) Maria Sakkari GRE 7-6(5) 7-6(4) Girls' singles main draw: First round: Michaela Laki GRE vs. (10) Sara Bejlek CZE Girls' doubles main draw: First round: Gureva/Laki RUS/GRE vs. (1) Bejlek/Havlickova CZE/CZE

It is certainly not a new trend in Greece, it is normal here for hooligans