Greek Olympic shooting champion Anna Korakaki will be the first-ever woman to be the first to carry the Olympic Flame, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced on Thursday.
TRACK & FIELD
Jonathan Busby speaks to Kathimerini about one of the most inspiring moments in sports that took place in Doha, Qatar, on the first night of the track and field world championships.
Katerina Stefanidi, of Greece, bronze, Anzhelika Sidorova, center, who participates as a neutral athlete, gold, and Sandi Morris, of the United States, silver after the women's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday. [Petr David Josek/AP]
Katerina Stefanidi earned Greece’s first – and probably sole – medal on Sunday at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, finishing third at the women’s pole vault final.
Greek Panagiotis Karaiskos won the 8th Athens Half Marathon on Sunday, setting a new record time for the course in the center of the Greek capital, the Hellenic Track and Field Federation (SEGAS) announced.
Greece collected four medals at last weekend’s European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Glasgow, including a gold medal by long jumper Miltos Tentoglou (top left). His 8.38-meter jump in the final was the best in the world this year. Costas Baniotis (top right) had to wait till the age of 32 years for his first European medal, bagging silver in the high jump, while Voula Papachristou (bottom left) also finished second in the long jump. Nicole Kyriakopoulou (bottom left) came third in the pole vault.
Radek Brunner from the Czech Republic came in second, and after the race, he exclusively talked to Kathimerini about his latest accomplishment, the Spartathlon competition, the severe weather conditions, but also why he runs 246 kilometers as a hobby.
Greece is gearing up for the 36th version of Spartathlon, the ultramarathon race that covers 246 kilometers from Athens to Sparta and starts on Friday.
Katerina Stefanidi, Greece’s pole vault master and owner of all major outdoor titles, was on Saturday nominated female Athlete of the Year by the European Athletic Association. The award ceremony will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, on October 26. Stefanidi won the title in 2017. [EPA]
Greece’s Grigoris Polychronidis won individual BC3 gold at the World Boccia Championships in Liverpool.
Bagging Greece’s fourth medal at the European Championships in Berlin, Voula Papachristou took gold for her 14.60 m triple jump on Thursday.
Katerina Stefanidi and Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, the two pole vaulters who took gold and silver for Greece at the European Championships in Berlin on Thursday, have dedicated their win to all the people who suffered in last month’s deadly fires in Attica.
Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi celebrates after a successful attempt in the women’s pole vault final at the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, late Thursday. The 28-year-old added another gold medal to her big-event collection. She wrapped up her latest victory with a third-time clearance at 4.85 meters. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, 32, won silver with a 4.80 m jump. A third Greek athlete, Eleni-Klaoudia Polak, took part in the same event, but failed to clear 4.30 m. Earlier Thursday, Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev won silver in the men’s 50 m freestyle final at the European Championships at the Tollcross International Swimming Center in Glasgow. [EPA]
Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold medal in the men's long jump final at the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin on Wednesday.
Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi won the 6th Athens Street Pole Vault on Friday, held at Syntagma Square in central Athens, clearing 4.80 meters.
Panathinaikos will remain in the Euroleague despite the clash of its owner, Dimitris Giannakopoulos with the league’s organizers.
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