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Olympiakos was drawn in a very difficult group We got Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Arsenal, PSV, Ajax, Pafos, and Kairat Almaty

What a great day for Greek football! All three clubs have qualified in their respective leagues! That will boost it's coefficent points!

I knew PAOK was going to come back and annihilate Rijeka

Elina Tzengko won her first Diamond League title, finishing first at 64.57 on her very first throw. Congrats! She became the 4th Greek athlete to win DL title.

Glad I was proven wrong, she knocked out Bondar and will face an opponent she has never defeated, Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil.

PAOK, Panathiniakos, and AEK all are doing well and they have a good chance to qualify in their respective European Club Competition. Aris is an embarrassment losing to a mediocre club from Azerbaijan I have never heard of.

Expecting another first round exits : D

The future for Greek football is looking very promising.

Maria Rafailidou was the only Greek athlete to medal at the Under 20 European Athletics Championship in Tampere, Finland. She won gold in women's shot put with a winning mark at 16.16. I think we got ourselves a good shot putter.

August 24 will be the last day to update it's final world rankings The current Greek athletes to take part in Tokyo are one of the following: Miltiadis Tentoglou - 8.46 (Entry Standard and Defending Champion) Emmanouil Karalis - 6.08 (Entry Standard) Angelos Mantzouranis - 78.61 (Entry Standard) Christos Frantzeskakis - 16/36 (World Ranking) Kostas Zaltos - 20/36 (World Ranking) Alexandros Papamichail - 50/50 (World Ranking - 20 km Race Walk), 43/50 (35 km Race Walk) Elina Tzengko - 64.90 (Entry Standard) Antigoni Drisbioti - 2:47:49 (Entry Standard - 35 km Race Walk), 40/50 (World Rankings - 20 km Race Walk) Polyniki Emmanouilidou - 35/48 (World Ranking - 200 Meters) Tatiana Gusin - 21/36 (World Ranking) Ariandi Adamopoulou - 26/36 (World Ranking) Oxana Koreneva - 30/36 (World Ranking) Stamatia Scarvelis - 25/36 (World Ranking) Olga Fiaska - 39/50 (World Ranking) Sofia Alikanioti - 48/50 (World Ranking) Greek athletes who are in the hunt, but not in qualification currently Polyniki Emmanouilidou - 55/48 (100 Meters) Georgia Despollari - 65/56 Anastasia Retsa - 48/36 Natalia Besi - 42/36 Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou - 41/36 Anastasia Dragomirova - 34/24 Antonios Merlos - 37/36 Dimitris Pavlidis - 37/36 Dimitris Tsitsos - 41/36 Angelos-Tzanis Anderoglou 36/24

On the bright side, two other Greek hammer throwers achieved their respectful medals. Sliver for Giorgios Papanastasiou and bronze for Ioannis Korakidis. Anastasia Dragomirova fell short of a medal in the women's heptathlon as she broke the Under 23 Greek National Record of 6045 points. Georgia Despollari could not repeat for a medal at the women's 800 meters, she also achieved an Under 23 Greek National Record at 2:00.90.

There goes the gold medal hope Angelos Mantzouranis fouled on all three attempts, he did this in the Under 20 European Athletics Championship as well two years ago. Talk about epic failure from an athlete who threw 78.61 this season.

Even if she fails to medal in the women's 200 meters, it's not a disappointment as she already won bronze 2 years ago in Espoo, Finland.

Polyniki Emmanouilidou finally won her first ever medal at the women's 100 meters and it's BRONZE!

Well done Greece!!! 12th place finish at 253 points Beat four opponents (Finland, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Hungary) in the 1st division. The whole team really picked it up after Karalis absence and responded well. There are still a few question marks of the selections, in 2027 we believe they will get better.

Tentoglou broke the European Athletics Team Championship record by jumping 8.46.

Greece are currently at 14th place with 77.5 points, 14.5 behind Switzerland Had Karalis given Greece the 16 points needed, Greece would be 1.5 points ahead of Switzerland.

The 100 meters Greek sprinters did quiet well Emmanouilidou finished 7th place overall 11.26 SB (10 points) Sotirios Garagiannis finished 9th place overall 10.26 PB (8 points)

Canadian born Melissa Anastasakis got a personal best today at the women's 5000 meters with a time of 16:21.01. Finished 7th place and grabbed 10 valuable points for Greece!!! BRAVO!!!!!

It turns out he felt a discomfort in his leg while he was in training during the run up and was forced to withdraw from the competition. He will need to rest more so he doesn't make the injury worse.

How? Did he get injured?

Christos Meletoglou SEGAS athletics director believes Greece should survive the first division. He emphasized there are certain events Greece can get valuable points including the relay teams. One can hope. I do know 3 Greek athletes who are ranked in the world's top 5 (Tzengko, Karalis, and Tentoglou) should get maximum 16 points in their respective events. The competition also hands out individual medals to athletes who perform the top three in that event from all three divisions.

Franks recently became a Greek citizen and is actually among the fastest top 5 in the men's 400 meters. He can be under dark horse of this competition. I don't know much about him, does he have Greek ancestry?

Having Korakidis on the roster over Frantzeskakis or Zaltos is not a good move. I don't think he will get anywhere close to his personal best. I can understand the other athletes to take over their usual athletes because of injuries or maternity leave.

This years European Team Championship 1st division will have 16 nations Italy, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Great Britain, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Hungary, Ukraine, and Lithuania.