European Team Championships

[Blackhawk]

That's correct. In men except for maybe Douvalidis in every other track race we fair quite badly. Our star athletes will have to place at the top to grab those points, but I see only Tentoglou getting first place. It will be very tough to stay in the top division.

[Antaeus7]

Some new rules in this competition. So I found out it is after all bottom 3 gets relegated. Top three gets the medals. 
In the throwing and horizontal jumping disciplines, all 16 athletes will get 3 jumps or throws. Top 8 advances for 2 more attempts. Top 4 does the final attempt. In the vertical jump disciplines, four misses and you are done. Not the usual rules where you go over a height and advance further. In the hurdles and sprints, there will be 2 heats. They are placed into that heat according to the athletes season's best. If Greece finishes around 12th or 13th place overall, we will be in good shape. 

Edited June 20, 2023 by Antaeus7

[Antaeus7]

Rankings among the Greek athletes during the outdoor 2023 season
ΑΝΔΡΕΣ

100 μ.: Γιάννης Νυφαντόπουλος, 13η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 10.44
200 μ.: Γιάννης Γρανιτσιώτης, 12η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 21.06
400 μ.: Γιώργος Λαμπρόπουλος, 16η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 48.17
800 μ.: Χαρίδημος Ξενιδάκης, 16η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 1.49.53
1.500 μ.: Σέργιος Διακοστεφανής, 16η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 3.47.99
5.000 μ.: Μάριος Αναγνώστου, 11η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 14.12.87
110 μ. εμπ.: Κώστας Δουβαλίδης, 11η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 13.64
400 μ. εμπ.: Δημήτρης Λεβαντίνος, 15η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 51.19
3.000 μ. στιπλ: Νέστορας Κολιός, 15η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 8.51.13
Ύψος: Αντώνης Μέρλος, 7η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 2,21 μ.
Επί κοντώ: Εμμανουήλ Καραλής, 4η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 5,76 μ.
Μήκος: Μίλτος Τεντόγλου, 2η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 8,26 μ.
Τριπλούν: Δημήτρης Τσιάμης, 3η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 16,44 μ.
Σφαιροβολία: Οδυσσέας Μουζενίδης, 10η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 19,85 μ.
Δισκοβολία: Δημήτρης Παυλίδης, 4η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 64,90 μ.
Σφυροβολία: Μιχάλης Αναστασάκης, 3η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 77,46 μ.
Ακοντισμός: Γιάννης Κυριαζής, 5η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 82,17 μ.

ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣ

100 μ.: Πολυνίκη Εμμανουηλίδου, 5η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 11.21
200 μ.: Πολυνίκη Εμμανουηλίδου, 2η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 22.94
400 μ.: Ειρήνη Βασιλείου, 13η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 53.86
800 μ.: Γεωργία Δεσπολάρη, 15η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 2.04.54
1.500 μ.: Δάφνη Λαβασσά, 16η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 4.22.24
5.000 μ.: Μαρία Κάσσου, 11η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 16.02.74
100 μ. εμπ.: Ελισάβετ Πεσιρίδου, 8η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 13.08
400 μ.εμπ.: Δήμητρα Γναφάκη, 10η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 56.24
3.000 μ. στιπλ: Ισαβέλα Κοτσαχείλη, 9η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 9.58.21
Ύψος: Τατιάνα Γκούσιν, 2η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 1,92 μ.
Επί κοντώ: Κατερίνα Στεφανίδη, 6η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 4,55 μ.
Μήκος: Βασιλική Χαϊτίδου, 15η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 6,07 μ.
Τριπλούν: Σπυριδούλα Καρύδη, 15η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 12,91 μ.
Σφαιροβολία: Μαρία Μαγκούλια, 15η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 15,20 μ.
Δισκοβολία: Αρετή Φιλιππίδου, 14η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 50,90 μ.
Σφυροβολία: Σταματία Σκαρβέλη, 7η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 69,79 μ.
Ακοντισμός: Ελίνα Τζένγκο, 2η επίδοση – φετινό ρεκόρ 63,65 μ. 

[Antaeus7]

Greece got off to a slow start on day 1, thankfully they ended pretty strong thanks to great performances from Tsiamis, Karalis, and our 100 meter sprinters. Greece is second to last with 73, with Turkey 71 and the Czech Republic 77.5. 

The results from day 1 
Women's shot put - Maria Magoulia 15.13 (3 points) 
Women's hammer throw - Stamatia Scarvelis 65.07 (6 points) 
Women's 400 meters - Irini Vasiliou 53.90 (1 point) 
Men's triple jump - Dimitris Tsiamis 16.38 (14 points) 
Men's 400 meters - Giorgios Lambropoulos 48.28 (1 point) 
Women's 5000 meters - Maria Kassou 16:05.00 (3 points) 
Women's discus throw - Despoina Areti Filippidou 45.77 (2 points) 
Men's pole vault - Emmanouil Karalis 5.80 =PB (Outdoors) (15 points)
Men's 800 meters - Charidimos Xenidakis 1:47.91 PB (5 points) 
Men's 300 meters steeplechase - Nestoras Kolios 8:53.81 (2 points) 
Women's 100 meters - Poliniki Emmanouilidou 11.30 (10 points) 
Men's 100 meters - Ioannis Nyfantopoulos 10.30 SB (11 points) 

 

[Antaeus7]

Greece started off strong in the first two events, then started to struggle a bit. Very disappointing results from Stefanidi, Pavlidis, Douvalidis, Karydi and Gnafaki. Was expecting more points from them. Big surprise from the women's 800 meters as Despollari got her PB and got some much need points in the middle distance event. Relay teams did very well, with a little help from some teams DQ from their respective competitions. Greece is now out of the relegation level and will need a much stronger performance on Sunday (Day 3). 

The results from day 2 
Men's hammer throw - Michail Anastasakis 74.12 (14 points) 
Men's long jump - Miltos Tentoglou 8.34 EL (16 points) 
Women's pole vault - Katerina Stefanidi 4.40 (8.5 points) 
Men's 110 meter hurdles - Kostas Douvalidis 13.90 (5 points) 
Women's 100 meter hurdles - Elisavet Pesiridou 13.22 (10 points) 
Women's 800 meters - Georgia-Maria Despollari 2:02.31 PB (7 points) 
Men's 1500 meters - Sergios Diakostefanis 3:50.57 (1 point) 
Men's discus throw - Dimitris Pavlidis 45.79 (1 point) 
Women's triple jump - Spyridoula Karydi 12.92 (7 points) 
Women's 400 meter hurdles - Dimitra Gnafaki 56.63 (8 points) 
Men's 400 meter hurdles - Dimitris Levantinos 51.29 (3 points) 
Women's 4 x 100 relay - Greece 43.81 (10 points) 
Men's 4 x 100 relay - Greece 39.34 (8 points) 
 

[Blackhawk]

The performance of Pavlidis was nothing but major failure on his part. He was almost 20 meters behind his best mark. Karydi was poor all season and we should have sent somebody who was consistently jumping over 13 meters this year. As for Stefanidi, she is at the end of her career and it's understandable that she can't perform any more like she used to. The problem is that there is nobody behind here to replace her right now. Even with 4.40m she is the best we have right now. Same goes for Douvalidis. Nobody to take his place. Gnafaki did ok. She was only slightly off from her PB.

Going to the 3rd and deciding day, I think we have a decent chance to remain in the top division. All the athletes will have to achieve marks close or above their seasonal best. I just hope it does not come down to the last race, the 4x400m mixed relay. We really have some weak 400 meter athletes this season, specially on the men's side.

[Antaeus7]

Well done to Greece! Finished the competition with 256.5 points. They survived in the first division, beating Belgium by 6.5 points. 
Belgium, Turkey and Norway are relegated to the second division, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Hungary are promoted to the first division for Madrid 2025. Greece performed well today and got some good to decent performance from Tzengko, Gusin, Emmanoulidou, and Kyriazis. Speaking of Emmanoulidou, she broke a PB in the women's 200 meters at 22.85. The young girl from Thessaloniki will soon break Katernia Koffa's NR. 

The results from day 3 
Women's javelin throw - Elina Tzengko 59.40 (12 points) 
Men's high jump - Antonios Merlos 2.13 (7 points) 
Women's 200 meters - Poliniki Emmanouilidou 22.85 PB (14 points) 
Men's 200 meters - Ioannis Granitsiotis 21.18 (7 points) 
Men's shot put - Odysseas Mouzenidis 18.98 (6 points) 
Women's long jump - Vasiliki Chaitidou 6.10 SB (outdoors) (6 points) 
Women's 300 meters steeplechase - Isavella Kotsacheili 10:08.23 (5 points) 
Women's high jump - Tatiana Gusin 1.87 (11 points) 
Men's javelin throw - Ioannis Kyriazis 79.01 (12 points) 
Men's 5000 meters - Marios Anagnostou 14:17.29 (2 points) 
Women's 1500 meters - Dafni-Efthchia Lavasa 4:22.55 (1 point) 
Mixed 4 x 400 meters - Greece 3:23.10 (2 points) 

And congratulations to Italy in winning the European Teams Championship title. Happy to see our fellow Mediterranean neighbors victorious.  

[Blackhawk]

In the end we managed to stay in the top division, but it was close.

With few exception most of our athletes under performed. We could have done much better.