Makedonas

Like Greece in gymnastics and rowing. Gymnastics we had 9 in Beijing, London and Rio. So far we have 0 for Tokyo. Rowing we had 10 in London and Rio. So far we have 3 for Tokyo...

Really hope Chamalidis can qualify. He is seeded two. So was Telikostoglou today and he lost in the first round. I think Rapsomanikis had a good chance to qualify for Tokyo but he wasn't one of the four athletes we selected. Mitsopoulou losing today in the first round was also a huge disappointment. I don't think Tzeli can qualify but maybe she'll surprise us tomorrow. She's young and won a medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics.

Can't believe Telikostoglou won't be in Tokyo, he was a hope to win a medal for us after he got silver at the 2019 World Championships If we don't qualify anyone tomorrow, it will be the second consecutive Olympics with no Greece in taekwondo. This after we won four medals with three different athletes between 2000 and 2008 (one gold and three silver).

Makes me even more proud that our two quotas in wrestling and one quota in table tennis are all from actual Greeks

Thank you everyone! I am so proud of him, he is young but talented. Won some medals in European Championships for youth categories. He was injured but postponing the Games to 2021 helped his chances because it gave him time to recover. So nice to have a second quota in wrestling after Maria Prevolaraki. Would be nice to get a third here but I'm not sure how likely it is. Also nice to be back in men's wrestling for the first time since London 2012 as we missed Rio 2016 which was the first time in several decades that we were not represented in this sport.

Pilidis up 7-1! Go go go!

What time is Pilidis vs Habat?

In 2008, Greece had 5 rowers at the Beijing Olympics. We had a great 2009-12 cycle, and we ended up sending 10 rowers to London. We did very well in the different age categories too, so it seemed that we would send a big team to Rio. However, we sent 10 rowers once again. Despite that, our young athletes did very well once again so I thought we would have a huge team for Tokyo, but now we will have 3-8 rowers (more likely to be 3-4, maybe 6 with some luck). The big problem in Greek rowing is that we always do well in the age categories, have young athletes for one Olympic cycle and then they disappear and every Olympic cycle the same thing happens. In 2016 we sent Anastasia Vontzou to the Olympic qualification regatta for LW2X, she was just 16 years old at the time. Didn't qualify but later that year she won medals in JW2X at the European and World Championships (with Anneta Kyridou). Now she hasn't competed with the national team since 2018. Just one of the many examples of people who I thought would totally qualify for Tokyo but didn't. She is still only 21 years old and still rowing, it says she's graduating this year so maybe there's hope for Paris: https://goaztecs.com/sports/womens-rowing/roster/anastasia-vontzou/6910 What a shame that Asoumanaki/Nikolaidou finished 4th in W2X in Rio, they were the youngest team (19 and 23) and now neither will be going to Tokyo . And Ioannis Petrou was 6th in LM4- in Rio, he was just 20 years old at the time and never competed again after that year. There is clearly a problem with the national team if everyone is always retiring at young ages.

At first glance, I said Chile and Croatia should make it. Then I noticed that Fie Udby Erichsen will be competing for Denmark (I was surprised to not see her in W1X, but now I know why), and Rasmussen who was part of the W4- that already qualified for Tokyo and she also won bronze in W2- in Rio. So I'd say Denmark are the favourites to qualify here, which leaves one spot for Chile/Croatia. And of course Germany and Russia have new teams with girls from their W8+ boats so you never know with them. Would be nice if Croatia can qualify so Greece won't be the only team with U23 athletes in this event.

I don't know much about Prakhatsen until last month really. I didn't know her before then but she is doing very well.

The European Championship was very unbalanced. All of the best rowers were in the same semifinal. At the European Qualification, Kyridou fell into the water a few minutes before the race, so that is why she did so poorly in the final and finished way behind the rest of the field. In the heats she dominated. Let's not forget Kyridou won bronze at the 2020 European Championships at the young age of 21. She also won gold at the last two European U23 Championships, beating out Foester.

Each country is only allowed to send four athletes?

So Greece will only sent three boats to Lucerne. Anneta Kyridou is our best chance to qualify, but Klimovich and Foester will be tough. Small chance for Dymchenko as well, but I think the two quotas for W1X will be between Kyridou, Klimovich and Foester. Anastasiadou/Fitsiou definitely have a chance in LW2X, but it will be tough. Especially since Nikolaidou is not fit in time to replace Fitsiou who is clearly the weakest link. Having three available quotas in this event definitely increases our chances, but there are so many other teams going for those spots so it will be tough. Kalandaridis/Papakonstantinou is an interesting team for M2X. Kalandaridis was competing in M2- and Papakonstantinou in LM2X just last month. Obviously they didn't do too well with their partners, but both are young so now let's see how they do together. Not expecting anything though. I'm disappointed that we didn't send a W2X. Nikolaidou not being fit probably ruined the chances (though she might've done lightweight anyways) and all of our other girls (Asoumanaki, Tsamopoulou, Christodoulidis etc) are basically in the US right now for college rowing. Tsamopoulou took the year off from school to prepare for the Olympics, but they wouldn't accept her in the national team. Makes no sense because she won gold at the last World U23 Championships in this event but whatever. Our 18 yo talent Evangelia Fragkou has been at training camps all year long with the Olympic team so I expected them to find a partner for her but I guess not. I expect that Kyridou will qualify so we will send four rowers to Rio. A big disappointment after we sent 10 rowers to both London and Rio. And Ntouskos will be the only one returning from Rio...

Despite not qualifying any divers for the second consecutive Olympics, I am confident that we will have divers in Paris 2024. All three of the guys we sent here were very young (19-21 years old) and the best is yet to come for sure! They will be more ready in three years

What happened? Any chance to qualify for Tokyo?

We are sending Telikostoglou, Chamalidis, Tzeli and Mitsopoulou

Thank you for your kind words. They are young so hopefully they make it to Paris 2024

Looks like no Greek divers at the second consecutive Olympics

Ugh, Chatziliadou absolutely must qualify. She was so unlucky to miss many events with injuries and fall in the rankings because of that

Wow, our girl actually won a silver medal

2019 World Championships we beat China 12-8 in the playoffs. Also 2017 World Championships we beat Australia twice (11-8 in group stage and 8-6 in 7th place match). I know you didn't ask for that but I should've included them too. We have not played against Canada in this Olympic cycle as far as I know (not sure if there have been friendlies), but we beat Canada 11-4 in the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament and 8-5 at the 2015 World Championships. I believe those were the last two meetings between our nations in women's water polo. Canada also qualified by finishing second at the Pan American Games, where they lost 24-4 in the final...

South Africa not withdrawing? It's a big disgrace. Greece deserves to be there. Our girls just won Euro League again with Olympiacos, all players on the roster are Greeks. Sorry if this sounds rude but Australia, China, and Canada being automatically in Tokyo is also a joke. They did not have to swim one metre to earn their spots. Pure luck based on what continents they are from. We always beat them too (especially China and Canada), so I don't want to hear it from any of them. You guys know we are better than you too, so don't even try to say otherwise. These teams don't have chances to win a medal. We do.

SO PROUD OF OUR GIRLS! Truly amazing to be European champions once again Every member of our team is Greek. It's a shame that our clubs do so well but our national team always comes up short. Of course we deserve to be in Tokyo over South Africa and Canada.

Our federation is really shameful. Our women's 4x400 team should be in Tokyo. Even the 4x100 team could've snuck in. We haven't had relays since 2019 and our girls are doing so much better now individually. Maria Belibasaki (2018 400m European silver medalist) didn't even compete on our relay team in 2019. We are clearly better than our times from 2019 but our federation decided to not send anyone to Poland. Morons.

Where can I find the draw for women's +68 kg? Thank you