Makedonas 1,582 Posted July 30, 2021 #371 Share Posted July 30, 2021 FIRST EVER GOLD MEDAL FOR GREECE IN ROWING AND FIRST EVER MEDAL IN A NON-LIGHTWEIGHT EVENT! So proud of Stefanos and he's only 24 and was only competing in the single sculls for two years. He was thinking of retiring after Tokyo, surely this result will change his life and attract sponsors to allow him to continue the sport. I am so proud of him! I knew he could win a medal here and believed for months that he could, but wow, gold! Amazing! hckošice, rybak, NearPup and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted July 30, 2021 #372 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Every Polish expert & commentator says gold medal for is a major surprise heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,582 Posted July 30, 2021 #373 Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Monzanator said: Every Polish expert & commentator says gold medal for is a major surprise He definitely benefited a lot from the postponement of the Games. However this year he was very good, finished 4th at the European Championships where he was in a medal position for the first 1990m and lost it right at the end, plus two of the three medalists from there didn't make it to the A Final here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,582 Posted July 30, 2021 #374 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Also we've had other rowers in recent years when their semifinals but flop in the final. Asoumanaki/Nikolaidou in W2X in 2016 won their semifinal and got 4th in the final, Bourmpou/Kyridou here in W2- won their semifinal and got 5th in the final. So good to see someone win their semifinal and still win a medal (and gold!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted July 30, 2021 #375 Share Posted July 30, 2021 wins women's eight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,557 Posted July 30, 2021 #376 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Canada!!! Wow! What a day! NearPup 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted July 30, 2021 #377 Share Posted July 30, 2021 OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,164 Posted July 30, 2021 #378 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I literally can't believe it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 30, 2021 #379 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Canada No rowing medals for the US? When was the last time that happened? #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,242 Posted July 30, 2021 #380 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Omg.... gold in the eights. I'm shaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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