Makedonas

The very talented 17 yo Konstantinos Karetsas announced he will play for his parents' country  instead of his birth country 
 
The Belgians do not seem happy but as a Greek, we have been in that position many times with dual citizens so it is nice for it to work in our favour sometimes too 
 
I mean in basketball we could have Vezenkov but instead he chooses to play for his parents' country , despite never living there, when with Greece he would qualify for major tournaments and be one of our starting players, and for Bulgaria they rarely qualify for anything...

Not the way I wanted Karalis to win his first major gold medal, and winning with only 5.90m is a bit disappointing but I guess I shouldn't complain 
 
It seems the pressure of being the favourite with Mondo not competing here got the best of him, but in the end the goal was achieved.

Not the way I wanted Karalis to win his first major gold medal, and winning with only 5.90m is a bit disappointing but I guess I shouldn't complain 
 
It seems the pressure of being the favourite with Mondo not competing here got the best of him, but in the end the goal was achieved.

Not the way I wanted Karalis to win his first major gold medal, and winning with only 5.90m is a bit disappointing but I guess I shouldn't complain 
 
It seems the pressure of being the favourite with Mondo not competing here got the best of him, but in the end the goal was achieved.

Bah, another shared gold in the PV.  Revive them with oxygen & force them to jump until midnight if needed.  

the tokyo high jump story happened again

Tentoglou has withdrwn from the championships due to the flu.

She announced her pregnancy today 

She announced her pregnancy today 

She announced her pregnancy today 

KARALIS WITH ANOTHER NATIONAL RECORD, goes over 6.02 on his first try .

The very talented 17 yo Konstantinos Karetsas announced he will play for his parents' country  instead of his birth country 
 
The Belgians do not seem happy but as a Greek, we have been in that position many times with dual citizens so it is nice for it to work in our favour sometimes too 
 
I mean in basketball we could have Vezenkov but instead he chooses to play for his parents' country , despite never living there, when with Greece he would qualify for major tournaments and be one of our starting players, and for Bulgaria they rarely qualify for anything...

litereally our women's triple jump

A bit late, but today was the official 67th ceremony "Sportsperson of the year" for 2024. In no surprise what so ever Karlos Nasar took the top prize with almost a perfect score - 1365 point out of possible 1370. 
 
1. Karlos Nasar - weightlifting - Olympic, World & European champion in 2024 with multiple World Records;
2. Boryana Kaleyn - rhythmic gymnastics - Olympic Silver in the AA, 2 Golds & a Bronze at the Europeans;
3. Semen Novikov - wrestling - Olympic Gold in Greco-Roman after 24 years;
 
4. Magomed Ramazanov - wrestling - Olympic Gold in men's Freestyle after 28 years;
5. Grigor Dimitrov - tennis - 2 Grand Slam 1/4, 1 Masters Final, top 10 in the rankings;
6. Bozhidar Andreev - weightlifting - Olympic Bronze, European champion;
 
7. Kimia Alizadeh - taekwondo - Olympic Bronze, European champion;
8. Javier Ibanez - boxing - Olympic Bronze, European Silver medal;
9. Aleksandar Vezenkov - basketball - In contention for Euroleague MVP;
10. Kubrat Pulev - professional boxing - won WBA Regular Heavyweight Championships
 
They gave out awards to the athletes between 11 and 20 as well, though it was in no particular order.
 
Valentina Georgieva - artistic gymnastics - 5th at the Olympics, European CH Silver, a World Cup win;
Lyubomir Epitropov - swimming - 9th at the Olympics, First Bulgarian European Champion in swimming;
Stiliana Nikolova - rhythmic gymnastics - 11th at the Olympics, 2 European titles and a Silver medal;
 
Gabriela & Stefanie Stoevi - badminton - 1/4 at the Olympics, European CH Silver;
Rami Kiwan - boxing - 1/4 at the Olympics, European Champion;
Svetlana Staneva - boxing - 1/4 at the Olympics, European Champion;
 
Radoslav Yankov - snowboard - 1 World Cup win & 1 Third place;
Tihomir Ivanov - athletics - 8th at the Olympics, 6th at the European Championships;
Desislava Angelova - rowing - 6th at the Olympics, 5th at the European Championships;
Nikola Tsolov - motorsport - 3 wins in Formula 3.
 
Team of Year is the Women's National U18 Volleyball team, which won a Volley Euro title for the first time in decades.
 

 

 

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZQrA2ZnS0
 
Nice to see a decent sized crowd for this! Also I spot Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou in the crowd 

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

top of day #1
 
5km Race Walking: Francesco Fortunato wins the race in a new world record time of 17.55.65 (previous WR held by  Mikhail Schennikov since February, 1995 with 18.07.08; previous NR held by Athens 2004 20km Olympic Champion Ivano Brugnetti in 18.08.86)
 
men's High Jump: 2024 junior world silver medallist Matteo Sioli improves to 2.28m to win the competition on the last jump against Manuel Lando (2.26m at the 1st attempt, while Sioli did it at the 2nd, so he needed to clear a better hight to win)
 
men's Long Jump: 16-year young Daniele Inzoli wins with a 7.93m jump (U-18 NR, 6th European U-18 all time)
 
women's Long Jump: just an ordinary 6.69m jump was enough for Larissa Iapichino to take another Italian title at home
 
looking at Tomorrow, men's Shot Put and women's 60m should be the highlight of the day, with both men and women's 400m also to be taken into consideration

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.

Karalis just cleared 5.95 (new indoor NR) and 6.01 (new overall NR), both on his first attempts! 
 
EDIT-He missed his first attempt at 6.08 and is not going to attempt any more jumps.