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WHAT A FINAL JUMP!!! Gold for Greece, tentogou

OMG, WHAT A GREAT JUMP! THAT IS WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF!

That was incredible, what a jump from Tentoglou!! Bravo agori mou

This could be a good day for our athletes, but let's not get our hopes up like we did in the past few days only to be disappointed. Tentoglou should medal, but it will be a tough competition with the Cuban who jumped 8.50m in qualifying. The gold medal will be decided in the 8.70 m mark. Petrounias is the favorite for the gold, but he returned to full competition only recently. His past experience will surely help him. As for Iakovidis there was no scandal. It was just the athlete breaking down after the competition spilling his guts on how difficult it is for the Greek athletes to train for the Olympics, with minimal help from the government, while politician fat cats, such as the Minister of Sports writing himself 20,000 Euro check from state funds so he could travel to Tokyo and take picture with the successful athletes.

kalh arxh kai me th nikh kai kalh sezon na exoume !

I think we can squeeze out one more medal. Best possibility is probably Stefanidi in pole vault, but there is strong competition in that event. Other chances, but less likely are in water polo, Drisbioti in 20 km walk, Volikakis in cycling and maybe Prevolaraki in wrestling.

I am incredibly pleased we wouldn't be facing Rubin Kazan or Union Berlin, personally.

In other results from athletics Both Anastasakis (73.52 22nd place) and Frantzeskakis (72.19 25th place) failed to qualify for the finals Spanoudaki has qualified for the semifinals at 23.16, big accomplishment there for the athlete from Rhodes! In men's water polo Greece defeats USA 14-5 to grab top seed in Group A.

I cant believe it I feel bad for the Cubans with their injuries, sad for them, happy they still got the silver and bronze But imagine the pressure on Tentoglous shoulders that he had 1 more jump to beat them....