2024 Olympics - Paris, France

[Brklyngrk]

Serbia needs to win by 3+.  Doable but we shall see. 

[Blackhawk]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

Serbia 47 South Sudan 44 Halftime 

[Antaeus7]

Serbia 96 South Sudan 85 Final 
Thank you Serbia for putting Greece into the quarterfinals. : D 

[Antaeus7]

Here are the quarterfinals matchup in men's basketball

United States - Brazil 
Germany - Greece 
Canada - France
Serbia - Australia 
 

[Blackhawk]

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.

[Antaeus7]

Miltiadis Tentoglou easily qualifies to the finals with an impressive leap of 8.32m. 
Just imagine what he can do in the finals? 

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

Stamatia Scarveli did not make the cut, finished 17th place at 69.38m. 

Edited August 4, 2024 by Antaeus7

[Antaeus7]

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, 2024 by Antaeus7

[Antaeus7]

Emmanouela Katzouraki finished 5th place with 23 pts in the women's skeet shooting. 

[Blackhawk]

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.

[Antaeus7]

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, 2024 by Antaeus7

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

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, 2024 by Antaeus7

[Brklyngrk]

They won that match and finish first in the group...Serbia it is..

[Blackhawk]

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. 

[Blackhawk]

Karalis wins the bronze medal with a jump of 5.90 meters. Well done!

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Antaeus7]

There goes the Olympic basketball season

Greece loses to Germany 76-63 

[Antaeus7]

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. 

[Brklyngrk]

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...