Antaeus7 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Blackhawk, in the sailing events, Karachaliou will be competing in the medal rounds in the women's laser radial. I believe top 10 sailors qualify. She finished 9 in the standings. Mitakis in the men's Finn is currently 11th place with 4 races to go and Mantis/Kaligaris in men's 470 are 10th place, also with 4 races to go. Those guys still have a chance to make a good run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) A new personal outdoor best for Karalis at 5.75! That mark punched his ticket to the finals! What an Olympic debut for him! Edited July 31, 2021 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Other results today Pesiridou failed to finish her race, gets a DNF Anagnostopoulou finishes with a throw of 59.18, finishing 19th overall Filippidis fails to qualify, finishes at 5.50 (22nd place) Gkolomeev finishes 2nd in his semifinal race at 21.60 to advance into the finals. Again he swam the 3rd fastest time in the heats. Edited July 31, 2021 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokara777 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) https://www.protothema.gr/olubiakoi-agones-2020/article/1147988/olubiakoi-agones-stivos-traumatistike-i-pesiridou-kai-egateleipse-deite-video/ Her interview was pretty heartbreaking poor thing I think she broke something, she says she hears something "crack" as she left the line κριμα 😥 Edited July 31, 2021 by paokara777 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 That was sad, this could be a career threatening injury. Belibasaki has been battling through injuries for the past 2 years and will never know if she will ever race again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Tentoglou qualifies in the final with the second best jump at 8.22 Greece destroys South Africa 28-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Stamatia Scarveli is throwing in group A She will need to throw well over 70 meters in order to qualify. Kristian Gkolomeev must swim better than 21.60 if he wants to walk away with the medal. Anything less than that time mentioned and he will likely be out of the podium. Vasileia Karachaliou is racing in the laser radial medal round. The race is up for grabs. Good luck to everybody in today's events. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Scarveli finishes her day with 69.01 (no qualification). Gkolomeev finished 5th in the finals at 21.72. Like I said earlier, if he finishes over 21.60, he has no chance to medal. I was spot on. Edited August 1, 2021 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 What happened with the weight lifter Iakovidis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokara777 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Soprano76 said: What happened with the weight lifter Iakovidis? He finished 3rd yesterday in Group B. Correction: The other group top 3 beat everyone in his group, and they got the medals. Edited August 1, 2021 by paokara777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 Yes but I have heard about there being some sort of scandal regarding him and the Hellenic Olympic committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokara777 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 OH, interesting, what exactly was the scandal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Our Greek sailor Vasiliea Karachaliou finished 9th overall (3rd in the final race). Today, Greece should get 2 medals from Petrounias and Tentoglou. Our hammer throwers from Chania (Frantzeskakis/Anastasakis) will be in action for qualification. Automatic qualifying spot is 77.50. I like Christos chance better than Michail, but only if he throws over 76 meters which would be enough to get in. Spanoudaki running in the second heat of the 200 meters. Like earlier, only a PB will get her into the semifinals. Stefanidi, Polak, and Kyriakopoulou all in action for the evening session in women's pole vault. I only see Stefanidi in the finals, unless the other two can go over 4.70 (automatic spot). Karalis is competing in the finals on Tuesday morning. Greece plays USA in the final group play of men's water polo. This game is important for postitioning purpose. The only team I want in the quarterfinals is Montenegro. Greece definitely want to avoid Serbia, Spain, or Croatia in the early knockout stage. Edited August 1, 2021 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 1, 2021 Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 This could be a good day for our athletes, but let's not get our hopes up like we did in the past few days only to be disappointed. Tentoglou should medal, but it will be a tough competition with the Cuban who jumped 8.50m in qualifying. The gold medal will be decided in the 8.70 m mark. Petrounias is the favorite for the gold, but he returned to full competition only recently. His past experience will surely help him. As for Iakovidis there was no scandal. It was just the athlete breaking down after the competition spilling his guts on how difficult it is for the Greek athletes to train for the Olympics, with minimal help from the government, while politician fat cats, such as the Minister of Sports writing himself 20,000 Euro check from state funds so he could travel to Tokyo and take picture with the successful athletes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokara777 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 WHAT A FINAL JUMP!!! Gold for Greece, tentogou 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokarag4 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 That was incredible, what a jump from Tentoglou!! Bravo agori mou 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 OMG, WHAT A GREAT JUMP! THAT IS WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paokara777 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I cant believe it I feel bad for the Cubans with their injuries, sad for them, happy they still got the silver and bronze But imagine the pressure on Tentoglous shoulders that he had 1 more jump to beat them.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 From 5th place to gold, you can't script this any better than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) In other results from athletics Both Anastasakis (73.52 22nd place) and Frantzeskakis (72.19 25th place) failed to qualify for the finals Spanoudaki has qualified for the semifinals at 23.16, big accomplishment there for the athlete from Rhodes! In men's water polo Greece defeats USA 14-5 to grab top seed in Group A. Edited August 2, 2021 by Antaeus7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Greece just beat USA at water polo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soprano76 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Petrounias won the bronze.. slightly disappointing but he stumbled on the landing which cost him points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) It's OK, he managed to medal at least. He was coming back from surgery. His routine is still very good. Now we wonder how many more medals can Greece get before the Olympics end? Edited August 2, 2021 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Both Stefanidi and Kyriakopoulou qualified at 4.55. Polak missed out at 4.40 (19th place). Judges decided to call it off after 15 pole vaulters went over 4.55. They had a long rain delay and the conditions wasn't too safe. This will be Nikoleta's first medal round game in the Olympics of her career. Spanoudaki's run in the 200 meters ends with 23.38 (23rd overall). Edited August 2, 2021 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Greece will face Montenegro in the quarterfinals. If Greece advances, they will face the winner of Croatia-Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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