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Boys Shot Put Final - Konstantinos Gennikis (18.20) 6th place Boys Discus Throw - Konstantinos Bouzakis (56.23) q Girls Triple Jump Final - Maria Kavalierou (12.14) 9th place Girls Javelin Throw Final - Elina Tzengko (DNS) Elbow Injury Girls Medley Relay - Team Greece (2:09.43) Q (Markella Papandreou, Polyniki Emmanouilidou, Anna Chatzipourgianni, Stella Konstantinidou)

Boys Hammer Throw Final - Orestis Dousakis (73.67) - 6th place Girls Hammer Throw Final - Panagiota Friggi (NM) Boys Pole Vault Final - Sotirios Chitas (4.80) - 5th place Girls Pole Vault Final - Anastasia Retsa (3.80) - 5th place Girls 400 Meter Hurdles Final - Anna Chatzipourgianni (59.89) PB - 4th place Boys 200 Meters Final - Ioannis Kariofillis (21.56) - 5th place Boys Shot Put - Konstantinos Gennikis (18.14) q Girls Javelin Throw - Elina Tzengko (46.87) q Girls Heptathlon - Anastasia Dragomirova (5817 pts) PB NRU18 - Bronze Medal (Long Jump - 6.00 1st place, Javelin Throw - 46.10 3rd place, 800 Meters 2:35.36 PB 15th place) Judo Michail Tsoutlasvili 66 km Boys - Bronze Medal

Boys Hammer Throw - Orestis Dousakis (75.18) q Girls Triple Jump - Maria Kavalierou (11.91) q Girls 200 Meters - Markella Papandreou (25.09) DNQ Boys 200 Meters - Ioannis Kariofillis (21.70) Q Girls 400 Meters Final - Stella Konstantinidou (54.89) PB 5th place Girls Discus Throw Final - Sofia Kessidi (49.64) PB 4th place Girls Heptathlon - Anastasia Dragomirova (3555 pts) Through 4 disciplines - currently in 2nd (100 Meters Hurdles - 14.37 PB 9th place, Shot Put - 16.06 1st place, High Jump - 1.71 PB 3rd place, 200 Meters - 25.64 PB 6th place)

Girls Shot Put Finals - Anastasia Dragomirova (16.11) SB 6th place Girls 800 Meters - Elli-Eptihia Delligianni (2:14.96) DNQ Girls 400 Meters Hurdles - Anna Hatzipourgianni (1:01.18) Q Girls 3000 Meters Final - Vasilia Spyrou DNF Girls 100 Meters Final - Polyniki Emmanoulidou (11.96) 5th place Girls Hammer Throw (3km) - Panagiota Friggi (67.05) Q PB

Girls Shot Put - Anastasia Dragomirova (15.35) q Girls 100 Meters - Polyniki Emmanoulidou (11.94) q (NRU18) Girls 400 Meters - Stella Konstantinidou (55.42) Q Boys 100 Meters - Ioannis Granitsiotis DNF Boys 110 Meters Hurdles - Vasilios Arvanitis (14.12) DNQ Boys 10,000 Meters Race Walk - Alexandros Mortzakis (46:52.88) 6th place Swimming Bronze Medal - Alexandros Kachris - Boys 400 Meters Freestyle

The 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival will be held at Baku, Azerbaijan It consists of multi-sporting event for athletes under 18 years of age. This will be a great event for our Greek athletes to showcase there talents. I will post mainly the results from athletics since it is my main interest.

Andreas Pantazis nearly got the silver medal until on the last jump the Belarusian athlete took over his mark, so he settled for bronze. He finished with a personal best of 16.08. Elina Tzengko came very close to getting a bronze medal in her first international competition with the senior javelin implement (600 gram) until up to the sixth and final throw the Estonian athlete got her PB to get the bronze. 4th place isn't too bad, consider she was recovering from an elbow injury and wears tape bandages around her elbow. She will compete again in the same competition 2 years from now in Bergen, Norway.

Dimitrios Tsitsos won bronze medal with a personal best throw of 77.79. Congrats! In the 10,000 meter women's race walk, Kyriaki Filtisakou got a personal best time of 47:13.92, finishing 5th and Olga Fiaska finishing 8th with a time of 48:08.07, a rather disappointing result for her.

Kosmidou finished 5th in the women's hammer throw (60.87) Santas finished 5th in the men's pole vault (5.21)

GOLD FOR GREECE! BRAVO TO OUR CORFU GIRL! This achievement is massive! Beating Nacheva is no easy feat.

EXCELLENT FIRST JUMP BY KARIDI! 14.00 METERS! A new Greek National Under-20 record!

Maria Maggoulia missed out on a tie breaker for the final spot of qualification. That one hurts. She finishes with 14.83. Both Dimitrios Tsistos (75.62) and Andreas Pantazis (15.91) both qualified with personal bests. Panagiota Dosi just broke her personal best at 1.84 and is still in contention. She finishes at 1.84 (7th place) Great effort by our fellow Greek from Corfu.

Blackhawk, Greece has a decent history in men's hammer throw compare to Ukraine. I have been critical of him after the World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland when he failed to register a mark in qualifications after a season where he was an 81.32 world leader for under-20 hammer throwers. He still needs to work on his balance and composer.

Our athlete from Chania, Crete finishes with a hard-fought silver medal for Greece. 84.22 is the new Greek National Under-20 Record. Mykhaylo Kokhan is something else, Ukraine always have a great pedigree for hammer throwing. Congrats to him in breaking the Under-20 European Record.

UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!! FRANTZESKAKIS GETS A MONSTER THROW OF 84.22!!!!!!! Sucks he only is behind Kokhan's 84.73 for the gold. What a brilliant performance!

This morning, both Ariandi Adamopoulou and Stavroula Kosmidou have qualified for Saturday's finals in both Women's Pole Vault and Women's Hammer Throw. The results Kosmidou - 11th place (59.33) Adamopoulou - 9th place (4.05)

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