Makedonas

Israel. 87th is surprisingly low for me. Should have been top 30 imo.

Also great for us to be in first place in the world 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also great for us to be in first place in the world 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also great for us to be in first place in the world 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best 100 cuisine in the world 2024...for the first time Italy leaves the first place 
 

Just spelling it differently is not enough to convince the world that you invented goulash.

Our results are definitely not better, we always do so well in U19 and U23 and then at that point most of our rowers quit to find a career where they can actually make money. Romania and Italy at least have big teams for the Olympics. We've never had more than 4 boats.
 
For example, just look at our U19 women's team from 2022. We won gold in W1X, W2- and W2X.
 
W1X Gkogkou is now in her second year at Yale University. She didn't compete for the national team last summer in U23 even.
 
W2- Asvesta is at University of Texas and still rows I guess but didn't compete with our national team last summer. Argyraki has not competed since 2022, not even in club rowing, so she probably is focusing on her studies.
 
W2X Natsioula quit rowing at age 17 to study medicine and Dalidou is at Harvard University, but again, she did not compete with the national team in U23 last year either.
 
Only two years later and already none of these 5 girls are with the Greek national team, hopefully at least one or two will come back at some point after their studies but I've thought that in the past about some of the girls who go to the US and we never see them again...

Our results are definitely not better, we always do so well in U19 and U23 and then at that point most of our rowers quit to find a career where they can actually make money. Romania and Italy at least have big teams for the Olympics. We've never had more than 4 boats.
 
For example, just look at our U19 women's team from 2022. We won gold in W1X, W2- and W2X.
 
W1X Gkogkou is now in her second year at Yale University. She didn't compete for the national team last summer in U23 even.
 
W2- Asvesta is at University of Texas and still rows I guess but didn't compete with our national team last summer. Argyraki has not competed since 2022, not even in club rowing, so she probably is focusing on her studies.
 
W2X Natsioula quit rowing at age 17 to study medicine and Dalidou is at Harvard University, but again, she did not compete with the national team in U23 last year either.
 
Only two years later and already none of these 5 girls are with the Greek national team, hopefully at least one or two will come back at some point after their studies but I've thought that in the past about some of the girls who go to the US and we never see them again...

Ασημένιο μετάλλιο τελικά για τη Γκουντούρα, καθώς έχασε με 15-7 στον τελικό.
 
Η τετράδα του βάθρου με τις δύο αθλήτριές μας.

Georgiadou and Gkountoura both into the semifinals in Orleans 
 
Unfortunately they will face each other now so there is no chance for an all-Greek final 
 
Good to see Georgiadou going strong after all she's been through. Really would be incredible if she can qualify for LA 2028, finally making her first Olympics at age 37, and shutting everyone up with the medal she deserves!

Η Δώρα Γκουντούρα και η Δέσποινα Γεωργιάδου αγωνίστηκαν αντίπαλες στον ημιτελικό του γκραν πρι της Ορλεάνης, με την Γκουντούρα να κερδίζει με 15-13. Νωρίτερα, είχε κερδίσει και τις Gette (Γερμανία) με 15-12, Cieslar (Πολωνία) με 15-7, Seo (Νότια Κορέα) με 15-10 και Lupu (Ρουμανία) με 15-14.
 
Η Γεωργιάδου νίκησε κατά σειρά τις Maxwell (Μεγάλη Βρετανία) με 15-7, Hernandez (Ισπανία) με 15-7, Gulik (Καζακστάν) με 15-11 και Viale (Ιταλία) με 15-11 για να φτάσει στο χάλκινο μετάλλιο.
 
Η Γκουντούρα θα αγωνιστεί στον τελικό απέναντι στη Jeon (Νότια Κορέα) σε περίπου 30 λεπτά.
 
 

2024 European Rowing U23 Championships
 
Gold:
Evangelia Anastasiadou and Dimitra Kontou (women's lightweight double sculls)
 
Bronze:
Zisis Boukouvalas and Apostolos Lykomitros (men's pair)
Nikoleta Drogala and Nefeli Ntara (women's pair)
Evangelia Fragkou (women's single sculls)
Gavriela Lioliou and Varvara Lykomitrou (women's double sculls)
Panagiotis Makrygiannis (men's single sculls)

2024 World Rowing U19 Championships
 
Gold:
Nikolaos Cholopoulos and Konstantinos Giannoulis (men's double sculls)
Gavriela Lioliou and Varvara Lykomitrou (women's double sculls)
Panagiotis Makrygiannis (men's single sculls)
 
Silver:
Nefeli Ntara and Dimitra Papaioannou (women's pair)

2024 World Rowing Championships
 
Silver:
Zoi Fitsiou (women's lightweight single sculls)
Antonios Papakonstantinou (men's lightweight single sculls)

2024 World Rowing U23 Championships
 
Gold:
Evangelia Anastasiadou and Dimitra Kontou (women's lightweight double sculls)

this is something I would never have bet for in my life.
 
Crazy Lipták could not reach a success in 2013 with a team of Hantuchová, Cibulková & Rybarikova and now managed the final with a bunch of complete underdogs... that is some san marino-esque story here
 
anyway, whatever will happen in the final tomorrow already super proud

Spot the difference
 

Michał Dąbrowski, wheelchair fencer, medalist from this year Paralympics in Paris died at age of 38yo due to cancer 

Well... I'm late, as always, but unfortunately I couldn't follow live and I've just finished catching up with the thread. 
 
Congratulations to our winner @Hipooo and to @Belle and @Erigert on their medals. 
 
Well done to our host @Cinnamon Bun, who put up a huge effort managing the contest.
 
Thank you to everyone who voted for our song and helped us achieve this 5th place. I saw we were very close to a podium finish, but this is still a great result.
 
Congratulations to @Makedonas on the very successful song choice.
 
I'll now share my ballot. 
 
 1st   12 pts   Romania  2nd   11 pts   Bulgaria  3rd   10 pts   Sweden  4th   9 pts   Mexico  5th   8 pts   Brazil  6th   7 pts   Indonesia  7th   6 pts   China  8th   5 pts   France  9th   4 pts   Denmark  10th   3 pts   Spain  11th   2 pts   Italy  12th   1 pts   Albania    Res1   Ireland  Res2   India  Res3   Hungary  
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in the next contest!

And that's why the biggest thanks belongs to you!  

Georgiadou and Gkountoura both into the semifinals in Orleans 
 
Unfortunately they will face each other now so there is no chance for an all-Greek final 
 
Good to see Georgiadou going strong after all she's been through. Really would be incredible if she can qualify for LA 2028, finally making her first Olympics at age 37, and shutting everyone up with the medal she deserves!

Also if I didn't notice the scoring error in the Greek jury vote, Sweden would have won instead of Czechia 

Of course the last two results didn't go our way and we ended 5th 
 
Still thank you to all who voted for us, still our equal best result ever! 

I manifested it! 
 
Top 5 guaranteed, so in the worst case scenario, we will equal our best ever TISC result, let's see if we can hold on and finish 3rd or 4th even!