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  1. 4 hours ago, Blackhawk said:

    Other chances, but less likely are in water polo, Drisbioti in 20 km walk, Volikakis in cycling and maybe Prevolaraki in wrestling.

    The water polo team definitely can medal, which is something they never have accomplished in the national teams history at the Olympic Games. First thing is first, they have to defeat Montenegro in the quarterfinals. Drisbioti is the most experienced race walker of the three who are taking part, for her to medal isn't likely going to happen. I can see her finish in the top 20 at best. Volikakis started in the krelien during the London and Rio games and wasn't very successful. A change of the track discipline to omnium made him better and he won medals in multiple events at the World and European championships. Hopefully, this move will pay off dividends. Prevolaraki has a good shot, she was very unlucky to lose in the quarterfinals to a Venezuelan wrestler in Rio. Her experience helps a lot as she has had previous success in other major wrestling competitions. Only an Olympic medal eludes her. 

  2. Both Stefanidi and Kyriakopoulou qualified at 4.55. Polak missed out at 4.40 (19th place). Judges decided to call it off after 15 pole vaulters went over 4.55. They had a long rain delay and the conditions wasn't too safe. This will be Nikoleta's first medal round game in the Olympics of her career. Spanoudaki's run in the 200 meters ends with 23.38 (23rd overall). 

  3. 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. 

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  4. Our Greek sailor Vasiliea Karachaliou finished 9th overall (3rd in the final race). 
    Today, Greece should get 2 medals from Petrounias and Tentoglou. Our hammer throwers from Chania (Frantzeskakis/Anastasakis) will be in action for qualification. Automatic qualifying spot is 77.50. I like Christos chance better than Michail, but only if he throws over 76 meters which would be enough to get in. Spanoudaki running in the second heat of the 200 meters. Like earlier, only a PB will get her into the semifinals. Stefanidi, Polak, and Kyriakopoulou all in action for the evening session in women's pole vault. I only see Stefanidi in the finals, unless the other two can go over 4.70 (automatic spot). Karalis is competing in the finals on Tuesday morning. Greece plays USA in the final group play of men's water polo. This game is important for postitioning purpose. The only team I want in the quarterfinals is Montenegro. Greece definitely want to avoid Serbia, Spain, or Croatia in the early knockout stage. 

  5. Scarveli finishes her day with 69.01 (no qualification). 
    Gkolomeev finished 5th in the finals at 21.72. Like I said earlier, if he finishes over 21.60, he has no chance to medal. I was spot on. 

  6. Stamatia Scarveli is throwing in group A
    She will need to throw well over 70 meters in order to qualify. 
    Kristian Gkolomeev must swim better than 21.60 if he wants to walk away with the medal. Anything less than that time mentioned and he will likely be out of the podium. Vasileia Karachaliou is racing in the laser radial medal round. The race is up for grabs. Good luck to everybody in today's events. 

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  7. Other results today
    Pesiridou failed to finish her race, gets a DNF
    Anagnostopoulou finishes with a throw of 59.18, finishing 19th overall
    Filippidis fails to qualify, finishes at 5.50 (22nd place)
    Gkolomeev finishes 2nd in his semifinal race at 21.60 to advance into the finals. Again he swam the 3rd fastest time in the heats. 

  8. Blackhawk, in the sailing events, Karachaliou will be competing in the medal rounds in the women's laser radial. I believe top 10 sailors qualify. She finished 9 in the standings. Mitakis in the men's Finn is currently 11th place with 4 races to go and Mantis/Kaligaris in men's 470 are 10th place, also with 4 races to go. Those guys still have a chance to make a good run. 

  9. Of course like all other relay team, the 4x100 men's medley relay team fails to qualify for the finals, finishing 14th place overall. In track and field, Anagnostopoulou will be throwing in group A, in search of a 60 + meter throws, she has not done that since 2017. Karalis is in group A, while Filippidis in group B. Karalis has a small chance to qualify while Filippidis will likely not qualify since he never went over 5.55 this season. Pesiridou is running in the third heat, she will need to better her 13.06 to advance into the semifinals. Tentoglou will be in group B, he has a very good chance to qualify since he is very capable of jumping past the automatic qualifying mark of 8.15. Gkolomeev will be swimming in the second semifinals race and has a very good chance to qualify for the finals. He is currently the 3rd fastest swimmier from the heats. 

  10. 😂🤣😂🤣 Wow, Papachristou simply does not have it anymore. 12.23 is her best mark for the day. I knew in my heart she was going to be an epic failure. On the positive side, Gkolomeev easily qualifies to the semifinals winning his heat at 21.66. 

  11. In other actions later today
    Kristian Gkolomeev will be swimming in the 50m freestyle heats. He is one of the favorites to reach the finals and potentially medal. Also the Greek swimming men's 4x100 team in action in the pool after the 50m freestyle heats. 

  12. Well, it seems like nerves got to her, another 6th place finish. 
    When you win 2 medals from 5 years ago in Rio, that is a lot of pressure try to achieve greater things in Tokyo. 
    She will be back, only 25 and still have plenty of years ahead of her. 
    In track and field, Spanoudaki failed to qualify for the semifinals in the women's 100 meters, finishing 35th place overall at 11.45. Only a personal best better than 11.27 could have put her through. 

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