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The results from Sunday's morning session Tsiamis - 7th place 16.40 Gatou - 6th place heat 1 7.40 did not advance Samani - 8th place heat 5 7.69 did not advance Spanoudaki - 2nd place heat 4 7.33 advanced into the semifinals 4th place 7.29 in heat 2 of the semifinals, did not advance into the finals Expecting a second medal for Greece today from Paraskevi Papachristou, but hoping for gold. If this is achieved today, it will mark the first time ever in Greek National Team Athletics history that two gold medals were won in the same European Indoor Athletics Championship.

I read from SEGAS that she was injured after her second attempt at 4.70 when she landed on the mat awkwardly on her neck/shoulder blade and had to be taken to a medical facility to get an x-ray. Pray for a speedy recovery. ?

A valiant effort from Polak! She did the best she can to chase a medal and would have gotten bronze if she just went over 4.70. She finishes 5th place at 4.65. This is her best performance at any level in women's pole vault. Hopefully, she will do better.

Zikos finished 4th in the semifinal race with 6.67 and missed out on the finals. He would have needed 6.63 to get there. It's was kind of disappointing as I was expecting him to do better than what he ran in the heats. Tomorrow, Tsiamis will contest for a medal. He will need to improve greatly from his season's best 16.42. Papachristou is the heavy favorite to win gold if she continues to stay in top form, consistently jumping over 14.10 meters. Spandouaki will race on Sunday with Gatou and Samani. Please let this be the year Spanoudaki avoids another DSQ and qualify at least a spot in the semifinals.

Karidi didn't make the cut, finishing 11th with 13.69 Pesiridou didn't advance into the semifinals, finished 7th in the heat at 8.31, which is her SB. Zikos will be sprinting soon to try to qualify for the finals. Polak will be contesting for a medal as the women's pole vault event is wide open. Holly Bradshaw is the heavy favorite to win gold, silver and bronze will be up for grabs.

Filippidis finished 11th in qualifying with a mark of 5.50. What else is new? Zikos took advantage of Van Gool's DSQ (bronze medalist from Glasgow 2019) and won the heat with 6.67 to advance into the semifinals. Nyfantopoulos finished 3rd in his heat with 6.74, not good enough for the fastest 6 time for non-automatic qualifiers. As expected in the women's triple jump, automatic qualification for Papachristou at 14.39.

Tomorrow will be a busy day for the Greek athletes in the morning session. Polak is the only Greek to compete in tomorrow's evening session (unless Zikos reaches the finals in the men's 60 m). That men's long jump competition was super exciting! Not only Tentoglou successfully defended his European Indoor title, but the other two medalists broke their respective NR's.

Tsiamis makes the cut to the finals with a jump of 16.38 (6th place) while Andrikopoulos didn't finishing 13th with 15.61. Vasiliou won her heat with a PB of 52.76 and advances into the semifinals. Giannopoulou finished 6th in the heats at 2:08.62 and Marinakou finished 7th in the heats with a SB of 4:19.60. Tentoglou is competing for the finals and should give Greece it's first medal. The only opponent who can threaten him for gold is Tobias Nilsson Montler of Sweden.

As expected, Tentoglou automatically qualifies to the finals with a mark of 8.04, finishing 2nd behind Montler who finished 8.18. Peristeris achieved a PB of 7.61 and finished 11th. Dimitrakis finished 11th in the heats with a time of 3:44.05 and didn't qualify for the finals.

Scheduled competitions for the Greek athletes in Torun, Poland (local time) Thursday, March 4 19:08 Men's Long Jump (Q) Tentoglou, Peristeris 20:20 Men's 1500 meters (H) Dimitrakis Friday, March 5 10:11 Men's Triple Jump (Q) Tsiamis, Andrikopoulos 12:05 Women's 400 meters (H) Vasiliou 12:50 Women's 1500 meters (H) Marinakou 14:00 Women's 800 meters (H) Giannopoulou 20:13 Women's High Jump (Q) Zakka Saturday, March 6 11:04 Men's Pole Vault (Q) Filippidis 11:18 Men's 60 meters (H) Zikos, Nyfantopoulos 13:05 Women's Triple Jump (Q) Papachristou, Karydi 13:10 Women's 60 meter Hurdles (H) Peseridou 19:45 Women's Pole Vault (Finals) Polak Sunday, March 7 11:18 Women's 60 meters (H) Spanoudaki, Gatou, Samani

Both athletes are favorites to win gold medals as they are European leaders in both of their respective disciplines. Watch for Kostas Zikos to make another potential finals in the men's 60 meters. In the women's pole vault, the whole field appears to be favorable for Eleni Polak to get a medal as she is entering the competition second in Europe with her personal indoor best of 4.71, only Holly Bradshaw of Great Britain has a higher mark leading at 4.88.

Arsenal isn't doing too well in the EPL, 11th in the league. I believe Olympiakos can advance into their first ever quarterfinal appearance in the UEFA Europa League (UEFA Cup).

Olympiakos got Arsenal in the round of 16 ?

FULL-TIME! OLYMPIAKOS ARE THRU TO THE ROUND OF 16!

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GOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HASSAN SCORES!!!

Olympiakos will need a late magic to advance just like last year in London.

The 4 athletes that I mentioned will be going to Poland along with middle distant runner Anastasia Marinakou (1,500 meters). So 20 in total. ?

I am not expecting a win for Greece here, but I want Greece to put up a great fight like they did in Italy, where they lost 2-0.

The key here is to score an away goal, two perhaps is best.

15 Greek athletes will be taking part in next weeks European Indoor Athletics Championship in Torun, Poland. Men's 60 meters - Kostas Zikos, Giannis Nyfantopoulos 1,500 meters - Andreas Dimitrakis 60 meter hurdles - Kostas Douvalidis Pole Vault - Kostas Filippidis Long Jump - Miltiadis Tentoglou, Alexandros Peristeris Women's 60 meters - Rafaela Spanoudaki, Maria Gatou, Kelly Samani 400 meters - Irini Vassiliou 1,500 meters - Konstantina Giannopoulou 60 meter hurdles - Elisabeth Peseridou Pole Vault - Eleni Polak Triple Jump - Paraskevi Papachristou 4 other athletes have a chance to qualify for the finals if they reach the limits Dimitris Tsiamis (Men's Triple Jump) Spyridoula Karydi (Women's Triple Jump) Ioanna Zakka (Women's High Jump) Nikos Andrikopoulos (Men's Triple Jump)

Sadly, Tsitsipas was never in this game. He was physically drained from the Nadal match. Medvedev dominated from the first set and beyond. 15 aces to only 3 from Tsitsipas (3 double faults). He won 4 of his 5 break points, only one from Tsitsipas. The final score : 4-6, 2-6, 5-7.

Miltiadis Tentoglou currently is the world indoor leader with a jump of 8.21 in Lievin, France.

At the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Torun, Poland (Where the European Indoor is held), Paraskevi Papachristou broke her indoor personal best at 14.60.