Brklyngrk Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Serbia needs to win by 3+. Doable but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 2 Author Share Posted August 2 Greece will make the quarterfinals in basketball if Serbia beats South Sudan by 3 points or if South Sudan beats Serbia by 19 points. Unfortunately if we do qualify we will most like meet the two big favorites USA or Germany. We could have made things so much easier if we beat Australia by 10 points. At one point we were winning by as much as 19 points. Golomeev finished 5th in the 50 meters Freestyle. Same result for him as in Tokyo in 2021. He was very close to medaling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Emmanouil Karalis went perfect in qualification and is rewarded with a trip to the finals at 5.75m. Stefanos Doukos did not successfully defend his Olympic title from Tokyo, finishing 6th place and did not even break the 7 minute barrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 After the Greek water polo team beat USA 13-11, they lost their first match in the group to Croatia 14-13. It was a very scrappy match, lots of red cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Serbia 47 South Sudan 44 Halftime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Serbia 96 South Sudan 85 Final Thank you Serbia for putting Greece into the quarterfinals. : D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Here are the quarterfinals matchup in men's basketball United States - Brazil Germany - Greece Canada - France Serbia - Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 And just like that the path to a medal for the basketball team is open. Germany is a tough team, but our chances are much better than if we faced USA. If we manage to eliminate Germany we will play the winner of Canada - France in the semifinal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Miltiadis Tentoglou easily qualifies to the finals with an impressive leap of 8.32m. Just imagine what he can do in the finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Polyniki Emmanouilidou finished 4th in the heats at 23.06, she will be racing in the new repechage round which I like this idea. Why didn't they do this in the 100m? World Athletics needs to scrap the preliminary round and allow only 54 sprinters to race instead of bringing in 17 extra "scrubs" into the heats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 (edited) Stamatia Scarveli did not make the cut, finished 17th place at 69.38m. Edited August 4 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 (edited) Eleftherios Petrounias is now a 3-time Olympic medalist, earning bronze with a score of 15.100, just barely past the Frenchman by .100 points. Edited August 4 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Emmanouela Katzouraki finished 5th place with 23 pts in the women's skeet shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 Women's water polo team beat France and made it to quarterfinals, where they will meet a very strong Australia. As expected Gusin and Frantzeskakis did not come close to their best marks and finished 9th and 12th respectively in finals today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) This is crazy! 20 women pole vaulters are going to the finals. That is because only 11 of them (Stefanidi included) went over 4.55, the other 9 finished at 4.40 with the exact scoreline (o o xxx) at the 12th spot. One of them happens to be Adamopoulou, who will join Stefanidi in the finals. What a great debut for the young woman! Polak is not so lucky, finshed at 4.20, she has been very inconsistent this season. Edited August 5 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Polyniki Emmanouilidou did survive the cut! Finished 6th place overall at the repechage round at 22.99 and later on will take part in the semifinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) Greece playing it's last group play match vs. Italy in the men's water polo, if Greece finish third where they are now, they will get Australia. If Greece finish second, they get Hungary. If Greece finish first, they face Serbia. Edited August 5 by Antaeus7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brklyngrk Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 They won that match and finish first in the group...Serbia it is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 7 hours ago, Antaeus7 said: Polak is not so lucky, finshed at 4.20, she has been very inconsistent this season. Not only isn't lucky, she also tested positive for a banned substance and is looking at a 4-year doping ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 Karalis wins the bronze medal with a jump of 5.90 meters. Well done! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 That is what it takes to achieve a medal at the Olympic Games, you have to be virtually perfect on every height you attempt to clear. Karalis was just money and his clearances were pretty clean. He did had a nervous moment where John Obiena was right on his tail and thankfully missed all three attempts at 5.95. Greece now has 6 medals in total and tomorrow we are expecting the first gold medal for Greece from Tentoglou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 I have something to say about Polyniki Emmanouilidou, she is a talented sprinter and I have mad respect for her. She really has to work on finishing the race strong. In future sprints in 100 and 200 meters, she needs to have a set goal of which time she needs to achieve. I don't want to see 23 + seconds or 11.30 + anymore. Time will come for her to get faster and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 There goes the Olympic basketball season Greece loses to Germany 76-63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antaeus7 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 16 hours ago, Blackhawk said: Not only isn't lucky, she also tested positive for a banned substance and is looking at a 4-year doping ban. Too bad, she isn't really a great pole vaulter. There are other youngsters who could do better. She will not be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brklyngrk Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 1 hour ago, Antaeus7 said: There goes the Olympic basketball season Greece loses to Germany 76-63 They had a chance, just fell apart at the end... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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