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Disappointing outcome from both Macheras and Argiropoulos who under performed poorly in qualifications. But, 3 others did make the cut Panagiota Dosi - 1.81 Elina Tzengko - 53.17 (Greek National Under 20 Record) Magarita Tsoukala - 51.33

The athletes who are going to the finals Spiridoula Karidi - (Women's Triple Jump) 13.63 Antonios Santas - (Men's Pole Vault) 5.10 Theodoros Ziogas (Men's Hammer Throw 6 km) - 70.80 We got 3 more qualifiers to follow Panagiota Dosi - (Women's High Jump) Alexios Argiropoulos - (Men's Long Jump) Elina Tzengko, Magarita Tsoukala - (Women's Javelin Throw)

FINALLY, CHRISTOS FRANTZESKAKIS HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE FINALS! 75.74 WAS HIS MARK!

This competition has a strong field of Greek athletes. There is a potential Greece could win as many as 5 medals. Most of the athletes take part in field events. Only 3 will be on the tracks (women's 5000 meter and 10,000 meter race walk). Christos Frantzeskakis is the world leader in the under 20 men's hammer throw at 81.62. Despite the fact he is favored to medal, he has had issues in the past in getting a mark in qualifications. I hope he will finally snap out of his funk. Only needs a 72.00 to automatically qualify. Spiridoula Karidi is second in Europe at 13.64 in the women's triple jump. She has a strong chance of a medal. Iason Macheras is an interesting athlete, competes for University of Texas - El Paso (same school Papadimitriou went to). He is ranked 8th in Europe, he could surprise us and sneak out with a bronze medal. He would need to beat his PB of 19.48 to have a shot. Elina Tzengko is the world leader in women's javelin throw at 61.48. Definitely a heavy favorite to win a gold medal, no woman in near her mark on the list. Look out for Alexios Argiropoulos in men's long jump (2nd in Europe at 7.82), Olga Fiaska in women's 10,000 race walk (5th in the world at 46:39.06), and Stavroula Kosmidou in women's hammer throw (10th in Europe at 61.56).

As the Under 23 European Athletics Championships conclude, four days from now the Under 20 European Athletics Championships is coming up in another Swedish city. Fun fact, Boras is where Helena Paparizou was born.

Karalis got the silver medal for Greece in the men's pole vault, finished with a mark of 5.60. So proud of his efforts! ☺

Tomorrow, Karalis has a shot for another gold medal for Greece Otherwise, this will likely be our last medal in Gavle, Sweden.

Miltos Tentoglou (7.80), Odysseus Mouzenidis (18.75), and Emmanuel Karalis (5.20) all have qualified for the finals. Both Sotirios Gkarragiannis and Kostas Zikos reached the semifinals of the men's 100 meters, but failed to reach the finals. Mihail Pappas failed to reach the finals in the men's 400 meters. Marios Anagnostou got a personal best of 29:36.64 in the men's 10,000 meters finals (18th place).

19 Greek athletes to take part in the Under 20 European Championship in Boras, Sweden Αναλυτικά η ομάδα (φετινές επιδόσεις)Ανδρες Κ20Επί κοντώ: Αντώνης Σάντας (ΑΟ Φιλοθέης) 5,10 μ.Επί κοντώ: Γιάννης Ρίζος (ΑΣ Άρης) 5,20 μ.Μήκος: Αλέξης Αργυρόπουλος (ΑΣ Κόροιβος Αμ.) 5,20 μ.Τριπλούν: Ανδρέας Πανταζής (ΑΟ Μεγάρων) 15,87 μ.Σφαιροβολία: Ιάσωνας Μαχαίρας (ΓΣ Ηλιούπολης) 18,45 μ.Σφυροβολία: Χρήστος Φραντζεσκάκης (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) 81,62 μ.Σφυροβολία: Θοδωρής Ζιώγας (ΓΑΣ Νιγρίτας Βισάλτης) 71,91 μ.Σφυροβολία: Κώστας Ζάλτος (ΓΣ Μανδρών) 73,34 μ.Ακοντισμός: Δημήτρης Τσίτσος (ΟΦΚΑ Φίλιππος Γ.) 72,91 μ.Γυναίκες Κ205.000 μ.: Δάφνη Λαβασά (ΑΟ Βουλιαγμένης) 16.59.73Ύψος: Παναγιώτα Δόση (ΑΟ Κέρκυρας 2015) 1,83 μ.Επί κοντώ: Αριάδνη Αδαμοπούλου (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς) 4,10 μ.Τριπλούν: Σπυριδούλα Καρύδη (ΓΣ Κερκυραϊκός) 13,64 μ.Σφαιροβολία: Μαρία Μαγκούλια (ΑΟ Κάλυμνος) 15,03 μ.Σφυροβολία: Σταυρούλα Κοσμίδου (Αίολος Μακ.) 61,56 μ.Ακοντισμός: Ελίνα Τζένγκο (ΑΣ Κένταυρος) 61,48 μ.Ακοντισμός: Μαργαρίτα Τσουκαλά (ΓΣ Απόλλων Πύργου) 52,03 μ.10.000 μ. βάδην: Όλγα Φιάσκα (Αθλοκίνηση Μυτ.) 46.39.0610.000 μ. βάδην: Κυριακή Φιλτισάκου (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) 51.02.13

20 Greek athletes to take part in the 2019 Summer European Youth Olympic Festival Αναλυτικά η ομάδα Ανδρες Κ18 100μ. Γιάννης Γρανιτσιώτης (ΓΟ Γιάννης Παλάσκας) 200 μ.: Γιάννης Καριοφύλλης (ΓΑΣ Σκάλας) 110 μ. εμπ.: Γιάννης Αρβανίτης (ΓΣ Έδεσσας) 10.000 μ. βάδην: Αλέξανδρος Μορτζάκης (ΑΕΠ Ολυμπίας) Επί κοντώ: Σωτήρας Χύτας (Αμεινίας Μεσογείων) Σφαιροβολία: Κώστας Γεννίκης (ΟΦΚΑ Σέρρες) Δισκοβολία: Κώστας Μπουζάκης (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) Σφυροβολία: Ορέστης Ντουσάκης (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) Γυναίκες Κ18 100 μ.: Πολυνίκη Εμμανουηλίδου (ΓΑΣ Κουφαλίων) 200 μ.: Ειρήνη Μινοπούλου (ΓΣ Γλυφάδας) 400 μ.Στέλλα Κωνσταντινίδου (ΓΑΣ Αρχέλαος) 800 μ.: Έλλη - Ευτυχία Δεληγιάννη (ΣΑΚΑ) 3.000 μ.: Βασιλεία Σπύρου (Πανιώνιος) 400 μ. εμπ.: Άννα Χατζηπουργάνη (ΓΑΣ Αρχέλαος) Επί κοντώ: Αναστασία Ρέτσα (Αμεινίας Μεσογείων) Mήκος/επταθλο: Αναστασία Ντραγκομίροβα (ΑΣ Κένταυρος) Τριπλούν: Μαρία Καβαλιεράτου (Παναξιακός ΑΟ) Δισκοβολία: Σοφία Κεσσίδη (ΑΣ Κένταυρος) Σφυροβολία: Παναγιώτα Φρίγγη (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς) Ακοντισμός: Ελίνα Τζένγκο (ΑΣ Κένταυρος)

Miltos Tentoglou put on a show in Lausanne, finished 2nd in the meet with his season's best of 8.19, gets 7 additional points and qualifies from the finals at Zurich. ?

Another impressive display by Paraskevi Papachristou, jumping to her season's best of 14.51. She finished 6th place and gets 3 more points to add to her qualifying total to 7 points.

See, I stand by my comment Sakkari lost to Stivolina 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2

In the upcoming IAAF Diamond League in Lausanne, Switzerland, Katerina Stefanidi, Miltos Tentoglou, and Paraskevi Papachristou will take part. Currently in the qualifying picture, Stefanidi is through to the finals, while the other two are currently in the top 8. We need a strong showing from those two in the remainder of the season in order to compete for the Diamond League trophy. The current standings Stefanidi - 2nd place 17 pts Q (1 win) Papachristou - 5th place 4 pts Tentoglou - 7th place 7 pts

Greece will bring 25 athletes to Gavle, Sweden for the upcoming Under 23 European Athletics Championship Both Tentoglou and Karalis are heavy favorites to achieve gold medals. Ανδρες 100 μ.: Κώστας Ζήκος (ΓΕΑ Τρικάλων) 10.41 100 μ.: Σωτήρης Γκαραγκάνης (ΟΦΚΑ Οδυσσέας) 10.43 400 μ.: Μιχάλης Παππάς (ΕΚΑ Δωδώνη) 47.00 10.000 μ.: Γιώργος Τάσσης (Τρίτων Χαλκίδας ) 30.09.12 10.000 μ.: Μάριος Αναγνώστου (Αναγέννηση Λαμίας) 30.10.09 Ύψος: Αντώνης Μέρλος (ΑΟ Ποσειδών Λουτρακίου) 2,18 μ. Επί κοντώ: Εμανουήλ Καραλής (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς) 5,71 μ. Μήκος: Μίλτος Τεντόγλου (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς) 8,18 μ. Μήκος: Θανάσης Παπαδόπουλος (ΟΦΚΑ Οδυσσέας) 7,74 μ. Μήκος: Παναγιώτης Μαντζουρογιάννης (Κερκυραϊκός ΓΣ) 7,70 μ. Τριπλούν: Δημήτρης Μονόπωλης (Κερκυραϊκός ΓΣ) 16,24 μ. Τριπλούν: Νίκος Ανδρικόπουλος (Αμεινίας Μεσογείων) 16.20 μ. Σφαιροβολία: Οδυσσέας Μουζενίδης (ΑΣ Κένταυρος) 19,18 μ. 10αθλο: Αλέξανδρος Σπυριδωνίδης (ΠΑΟΚ) 7.426 β. 10αθλο: Άρης Περιστέρης (ΓΑΣ Παιανίας) 7.357 β. 20χλμ. βάδην: Γιώργος Τζατζιμάκης (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) 1.25.46 4Χ100 μ.: Ζήκος, Γκαραγκάνης, Γιάννης Κόκκινος (ΟΦΗ), Παππάς, Παναγιώτης Αρβανίτης (ΑΓΣΙ) Γυναίκες 10.000 μ.: Ειρήνη – Ρία Μιχαλά (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακ.) 35.56.30 400 μ. εμπ.: Ολυμπία Καραγιάννη (ΜΕΑΣ Τρίτων) 58.77 Ύψος: Δέσποινα Μαλταμπέ (Αμεινίας Μεσογείων) 1,82 μ. Μήκος: Ελένη Κουτσαλιάρη (ΓΕ Γρεβενών) 6,34 μ. Σφαιροβολία: Σοφία Καϊσίδου (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακ.) 15,76 μ. 20χλμ. βάδην: Σοφία Αλικανιώτη (ΓΑΣ Ιλισσος) 1.40.10 20χλμ. βάδην: Ευσταθία Κουρκουτσάκη (ΓΑΣ Ιλισσος) 1.41.03

Sakkari will probably lose in the 3rd round like always in grand slam events. She never reached the round of 16 yet.

In the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Anna Korakaki won Greece's first gold medal in the game with a new European Games record of 35 points in the 25 meter pistol. She won silver two days ago in the 10 meter air pistol. Well done!

Rafailia Spanoudaki and Kostas Douvalidis both won bronze medals in the 2019 Minsk European Games.

In men's javelin throw, Magnus Kirt of Estonia became the 20th thrower to join the 90 meters club, finishing the competition at 90.34.

Tomorrow in the IAAF World Challenge in Ostrava, Czech Republic, three Greeks will take part Miltos Tentoglou, Emmanuel Karalis, and Tatiana Gousin Mihail Anastasakis will be at Huevla, Spain for a classic permit meet hammer throw event tomorrow to try to seek his first 77 meter throw of the season. I hope he breaks his personal best soon (77.72).

Here are the list of Greek athletes to take put in the 2019 European Games (DNA Athletics) in Minsk, Belarus from June 23-28 Antonios Alexandridis Alanna Bern Konstantinos Douvalidis Konstantina Giannopoulou Elpida-Ioanna Karakalatou Grigoria-Emmanouela Keramida Michail Kiafas Christos Kotitsas Antonios Merlos Despoina Mourta Konstantinos Nakos Ioannis Nyfantopoulos Alexandros Viktor Peristeris Korina Politi Kyriaki Samani Kleanthi Santa Rafailia-Chatziriga Spanoudaki Panagiotis Trivyzas Konstantinos Vasilakis Sofia Yfantidou

Last Friday, this shelf cloud passed over Houston.