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You Follow Water Polo Really close! 
Anyway better late than never! 

Seems a bit stupid to cancel them. If you can't go, then the tournament continues without you, just like it would in other cases. Realistically how many teams won't be able to go to Italy or Greece? 

Tentoglou won the men's long jump with 8.22. He only had two valid jumps today.
 
Another U20NR came in the women's shot put from Maria Rafailidou. She had 16.53 earlier this week and now got 16.59. She's second in the world for U20 this year 
 
So of course Karalis was the big star of our nationals this year, more than Tentoglou, but we also had a lot of teenagers show good signs for the future (Antonatou, Alivizatos, Mitropoulou, Iakovaki, Rafailidou etc).
 
Antonatou and Alivizatos are both from Kefalonia island. Antonatou's brother is a shot putter who is 19 yo and had a new PB yesterday of 17.92 in the NCAA. I don't remember us ever having any strong athletes from Kefalonia in any sport aside from the late Anna Pollatou who won an Olympic bronze in rhythmic gymnastics. What are they feeding these kids on this island (it only has about 35.000 residents)?! Very impressive.

2nd best all time performance 
 
 
 

Tentoglou won the men's long jump with 8.22. He only had two valid jumps today.
 
Another U20NR came in the women's shot put from Maria Rafailidou. She had 16.53 earlier this week and now got 16.59. She's second in the world for U20 this year 
 
So of course Karalis was the big star of our nationals this year, more than Tentoglou, but we also had a lot of teenagers show good signs for the future (Antonatou, Alivizatos, Mitropoulou, Iakovaki, Rafailidou etc).
 
Antonatou and Alivizatos are both from Kefalonia island. Antonatou's brother is a shot putter who is 19 yo and had a new PB yesterday of 17.92 in the NCAA. I don't remember us ever having any strong athletes from Kefalonia in any sport aside from the late Anna Pollatou who won an Olympic bronze in rhythmic gymnastics. What are they feeding these kids on this island (it only has about 35.000 residents)?! Very impressive.

He missed all 3 attempts at 2.27 to finish in second place. Merlos cleared 2.27 on his first attempt to equal his PB from a few weeks ago and will go for 2.29 now.
 
 
Another 2008-born athlete, Evelyn Mitropoulou, got 6.45 in the women's long jump 
The U20WL is 6.46, so she was very close. She also smashed her own indoor U20NR of 6.25 today 

17 yo Charalampos Alivizatos in the men's high jump with 2.25 at  National Championships 
His previous PB was 2.19, he equaled that today, then cleared 2.21 on his first attempt,  2.23 on his third, and 2.25 on his first!
 
He is trying now for 2.27 and missed his first attempt. He is currently in second place as Merlos also cleared 2.25 but with less attempts.
 
He is improving rapidly. His PB after 2023 was 1.90, then 2.07 after 2024 and 2.15 after 2025 

I think that is great for Sinner, the money will really help fund his career 

I think that is great for Sinner, the money will really help fund his career 

3-4th places:
 
 12-5
 
First ever EC medal for the greek men's team! 
 
 

Forgot this thread even existed, in the summer I’ll be going to  for the first time in July (Phuket and Bangkok, I know our picks are “boring” but I’ll be back to visit the hidden gems) for about a week, with my friends!
 
Way too little time to spend there and I wish I could be there longer, but I have an opportunity to work in the film industry for about a month, right now one of my biggest interests, and if I take it I’ll have to come home early, don’t want the hassle that comes with rebooking flights/booking hotels. Not sure what I’m deciding but thought I’d share with you guys 

Tereza Mihalikova is almost top 20 in doubles. She could play with Sramkova perhaps.

And the 2025 Skateboarding World Championships will take place...Next week  I have added them to the 2025 World Championships list.

Karalis just cleared 6.07 and then 6.17 at our  Indoor National Championships! 

Some notable  retirements:
 
Elisavet Pesiridou (athletics - 100m hurdles) - She announced her retirement on her 34th birthday. She competed in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. She narrowly missed Paris 2024 despite being in good form, the rest of he field seemed to get stronger and her ranking was a bit lower even though she was quite consistent. She struggled with injuries in 2025.
 
Fani Tzeli (taekwondo) - She was 7th in Tokyo 2020 but didn't qualify for Paris 2024. Still, she is only 24 yo and seemed to be rising up again after winning bronze at the European Championships so it is a bit surprising.
 
Aikaterini Divari (sailing) - She competed in Tokyo 2020 but didn't qualify for Paris 2024. Only 25 yo.
 
AJ Ginnis (alpine skiing) - Despite winning a silver at the World Championships he never got to compete at the Winter Olympics as he was always unfortunately injured. A shame as he is by far our best winter athlete ever. Only 31 yo, and I have a feeling he might come back in 2030 based on his last interview...

Stefanos Ntouskos  wins gold medal in men's single sculls !!! It is his first medal in world championships
 
 

Karalis just cleared 6.07 and then 6.17 at our  Indoor National Championships! 

Karalis just cleared 6.07 and then 6.17 at our  Indoor National Championships! 

Karalis just cleared 6.07 and then 6.17 at our  Indoor National Championships! 

Karalis just cleared 6.07 and then 6.17 at our  Indoor National Championships! 

By the way, the girl who hugs him in the video is 16 yo Eleni Iakovaki, daughter of Periklis Iakovakis (2006 European champion in 400 hurdles and 2003 World bronze medalist). She won the women's 400 event today with a massive PB of 53.95 (U20NR and U18NR) and seems to be rapidly improving. Her previous PB was 55.09 from last year (outdoors).
 
We also had 16 yo Apostolia Antonatou finish second today in the women's 60m with 7.33, which is also a new U20NR and U18NR. A few weeks ago she got 7.38 to equal Katerina Thanou's U20NR but now she beat her and she's only 16.

i am not in favor of naturalization. Since we have international competitions between countries i want to see each country's performance based on its own personell strength or/and culture/style so whats the point for example fro european teams in basketball to have american players?? tomorrow the sports federations will extend the number of naturalizations and we will have teams which will result actually as the same product. Unless IOC abolish country represantation and athletes particip[ate as individuals or we will have teams created indepedently from nations (for example Giannis will have his own team, Doncic his own etc)

I think most people have similar views to be honest. There are plenty of reasons for genuine transfers of nationality (lineage, residence etc). Sure, some of them only do it to increase their chances of getting to Olympics etc, but so be it. 
 
I remember the footballer Deco (born in Brazil, played in Portugal to start his career) saying that he felt playing for Portugal was the right thing to do as he “owed” his career to them. I found that interesting at a time I wasn’t really sure how I felt about it 
 
The fast track “purchase” of athletes doesn’t sit well though. Turkey and Bahrain being most egregious to me

Just look at women's magazines - fashion, diets, makeup, interior design, gossip but never any articles about sport.