Makedonas

I'm not sure why you think that. Greek aquatics federation said that they spoke with FINA officials today and they (FINA) apologized for the confusion and confirmed with Greece that our relay teams are heading to Tokyo. FINA said it was an error on their part. This is from the Greek aquatics federation's official website. https://koe.org.gr/article/me-astrapiaies-kiniseis-tis-koe-pros-ti-fina-kanonika-oi-skutales-mas-4x100m-m-omadiki-andron-kai-4x100m-m-mixed-sto-tokio Also our times are now listed on FINA's website as well. https://www.fina.org/swimming/rankings?gender=M&distance=100&stroke=MEDLEY_RELAY&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=2021&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=all&countryId= https://www.fina.org/swimming/rankings?gender=X&distance=100&stroke=MEDLEY_RELAY&poolConfiguration=LCM&year=2021&startDate=&endDate=&timesMode=ALL_TIMES&regionId=all&countryId=

Other notable result was 17 year old Polyniki Emmanouilidou smashing the U20NR in 200m. Her time was 23.83, the previous NR was 24.00 from 2007 and her previous PB was 24.12. I expect her to improve this national record this year and also in 2022. And Elina Tzengko finally started throwing over 60m again in the javelin throw. Looks like she might make it to Tokyo after all if she can stay consistent like she was in 2020. Would be great to make her Olympic debut as an 18 year old. Also her U20WR from last year (63.96) is not officially recognized because there was no doping control at that meet, so hopefully she can even achieve the 64.00 Olympic standard in the coming weeks and also have an official U20 world record. Also our 18 year old heptathlete Anastasia Dragomirova won the women's shot put with a new PB (15.69). Really good for a heptathlete. She said she's only competing in throwing events this year due to injury, but her PBs in field events are really impressive. She has 1.78 in high jump, 6.44 in long jump, and 45.76 in javelin throw. Lastly some really impressive results from our youngsters in the men's hammer throw. We have so much depth in that event nowadays. Safe to say we will qualify three male hammer throwers for the 2024, 2028, 2032 and 2036 Olympics. It's almost guaranteed at this point.

Lol they didn't mean it like that, it got lost in translation. It was meant more in a way that like the Irish were naive and thought they qualified their relay team.

Aren't you the same person who defended Naomi Osaka? I guess Patricia Tig's feelings don't matter

Thank you both for your replies, and best of luck to your boxers in Tokyo!

Tentoglou 8.48 at Greek Championships today and he was angry about it, he wanted to do so much better but he had four fouls. His other jump was 8.41. On both of his jumps he had plenty of space but jumped too far before the line. He's starting to look like a real contender for Tokyo.

I didn't see our boxer lose 3-2 to the British guy today so I shouldn't jump to conclusions, but I wouldn't be surprised if the British had help from the referees based on what other people here are saying about British boxers. Did anyone see this fight to confirm my suspicions?

http://sportsfeed.gr/apokleistiko-kanonika-i-ellada/ According to this which was posted 5 minutes ago, FINA acknowledged that it was an error on their end and the Greek relay teams for men's 4x100 medley and mixed 4x100 medley will be going to Tokyo. I'm assuming this also means that Dimitrios Markos goes through in the men's 800m freestyle. What a mess. FINA should just allow 17 teams to compete and let Ireland and Switzerland send their teams since it was their mistake. Might be more difficult because these are relay events, but a similar mistake happened in 2016. Greek swimmer Kristel Vourna was given an invitation to Rio because she reached the OST for 100m butterfly. FINA made a mistake because we already had one Greek swimmer with OQT in that event. So they revoked their invitation and then in the end they made an exception and let Vourna compete.

^He just won. Both of our players made it to the fourth round. This is the first time ever that we have two Greek players in the fourth round of the same Grand Slam! Also we have a 16 year old girl playing in the junior event tomorrow. First time since 2016 that we have a player competing in a junior Grand Slam.

Wow I didn't know you could have two, that's crazy. Sad for our triple jumper Dimitrios Tsiamis who is currently 30th in the Road to Tokyo. He competed in qualifying but skipped the final due to injury today. He probably would've won in the final and gotten the 100 point bonus which could've secured his spot in Tokyo. He's 39 and his only previous Olympic participation was in Beijing. I want him to make it to Tokyo more than anything so he can retire on a good note. Fingers crossed.

Does anyone know if 2019 national championship results will count for the rankings for Tokyo? This weekend we have the Greek national championships (as well as other countries too I think) and we had a few athletes who aren't competing. If their 2019 points are removed then they will no longer be in qualifying positions for Tokyo. Can anyone confirm the procedures for the ranking and when the points drop? Thank you.

Thank you for your kind words. We're not missing out on medals or anything, but there are three athletes involved that may not be going to Tokyo anymore. And I don't even think they know yet either. The 800m swimmer is super young and will have another chance next weekend at the national championships. The female backstroke swimmer has already been to the Olympics twice and might make it to Tokyo anyways via OST so hopefully that's the case for her. The male breaststroke swimmer will almost certainly miss out though. He's not that young either (I think he's 23) and we have some decent teenagers in that event so I don't think he'll be in the picture for 2024 either but you never know of course.

We also had a swimmer qualify in the men's 800 freestyle from that event and it looks like that's no longer the case either. So it wasn't just the relays but the whole meet.

So we're not even in for the mixed relay either, what a mess... https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlwgrNJ1hX/ I wonder when she's going to find out that she's not going

They all celebrated qualifying in both relays and the swimmers gave interviews about it and there were articles and social media posts about them qualifying for Tokyo...what a mess it would be if they miss out due to some error in not reporting the results

This is the first I hear of it. Are we still listed for the 4 x 100 mixed medley relay? We also got our qualifying time at the Acropolis Grand Prix for that event... Edit-Just checked and we aren't listed there either. Does anyone know if we were originally on the list for these relays and them removed? The mixed medley relay seemed more realistic as it put us in 15th and not 16th... And for the men's medley relay we qualified in Rio too so it didn't seem suspicious to me. Gkolomeev, Christou, Vazaios are all top European swimmers. Only Meretsolias (breaststroke) isn't.

The funniest was in 2016 there was an Armenian girl who primarily ran 400m but somehow qualified in 400m hurdles. Her 400m hurdles PB (which she never came close to ever again) is actually better than her 400m PB, lmao https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/armenia/lilit-harutyunyan-14421034

When will we find out who goes to Tokyo?

Eurobasket Women 2021 - Team Greece 1. Artemis Spanou - born and raised in to a father and a mother 2. Elena Tsineke - born and raised in to a father and a mother

Belgium 1-1 Greece (international friendly) So in 2021 so far we had draws at Spain and Belgium. Not bad for a team that hasn't qualified for a tournament since 2014 World Cup.

Both of our players are into the third round without dropping a set. Also for the first time since 2016 we will have a junior player at a Grand Slam, which is a nice story for Greek tennis!

http://sportsfeed.gr/sti-gallia-i-ethniki-gia-to-pro-olympiako/ Looks like Greece's Kyriaki Aslanidi also withdrew (women's 75kg)

We have 3, no? Men's 4x100 freestyle from 2019, and then this past weekend we got men's 4x100 medley and mixed 4x100 medley.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPiOOxXAqlM/ The athlete also posted about it on Instagram

It's in Greek but sure http://sportsfeed.gr/ektos-proolympiakou-o-tsanikidis-mpainei-xeirourgeio/ Basically it says that he was only one win away from qualifying for Tokyo, but he needs to get surgery and then it includes a statement from him (seems like he made it on social media) about how he will come back stronger than ever.