Antaeus7 Posted March 4, 2023 Posted March 4, 2023 Thing is Wilma Murto now won European Indoor title to go with the outdoor from last year and she did it by breaking her Finnish National Record. She is now the new "Katerina Stefanidi". : D
Blackhawk Posted March 5, 2023 Posted March 5, 2023 Tentoglou wins the gold on his first jump with 8.30m. Montler came close in his last jump to win but thankfully his jump was not legal. Let's see if Karalis can win another medal for Greece lateer today.
Antaeus7 Posted March 5, 2023 Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) Silver for Karalis at 5.80, only that first miss at 5.60 prevented him from getting gold. But a great effort overall. Guttormsen won gold for Norway at 5.80 as well, while Lisek of Poland also gets silver at the same height. No bronze medal was awarded. Edited March 5, 2023 by Antaeus7
Antaeus7 Posted February 7 Posted February 7 One month away from the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championship in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Competition starts on Thursday, March 6 and ends on Sunday, March 9. As expected Tentoglou, Karalis, and Stefanidi all qualified via entry standard from Feb. 24, 2024 to Feb. 23, 2025. The others will be fighting for spots via World Rankings.
Antaeus7 Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) Katernia Stefanidi will not take part in either indoor championships as she is skipping the indoor season. Spanoudaki was injured during the Greek Indoor Championship in the 60 meter finals. She will likely miss the trip to Apeldoorn. It appears that 8 Greek athletes are going to qualify for the upcoming European Indoor Championship. Road to Apeldoorn Women's 60 meters Polyniki Emmanouilidou - 7.24 (24th place out of 40) Dimitra Tsoukala - 7.30 (33rd place out of 40) Women's High Jump Tatiana Gusin - 1.85 (15th place out of 18) Women's Pole Vault Ariadni Adamapoulou - 4.40 (16th place out of 18) Men's High Jump Antonios Merlos - 2.21 (16th place out of 18) Men's Pole Vault Emmanouil Karalis - 6.01 (Entry Standard) Men's Long Jump Miltiadis Tentoglou - 8.65 (Entry Standard) Men's Triple Jump Dimitrios Tsiamis - 16.08 (13th place out of 18) Edited February 24 by Antaeus7
Antaeus7 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 20 Greek athletes are going to Apeldoorn Andrea Mita from men's high jump is eligible to compete, but decided to stay in the U.S. to compete with the University of Houston where I attended as a student. Rafaela Spanoudaki injury wasn't serious and she is able to make the team after all. Men's team 60 m: Sotirios Gkaragiannis, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Vasilis Myranthopoulos 60 m Hurdles: Christos-Panagiotis Roumitsos High Jump: Antonios Merlos Pole Vault: Emmanouli Karalis, Giannis Rizos Long Jump: Miltiadis Tentoglou Triple Jump: Dimitris Tsiamis Shot Put: Odyessus Mouzenidis, Tasos Latiflari Women's team 60 m: Polyniki Emmanouilidou, Dimitra Tsoukala, Rafaela Spanoudaki 60 m Hurdles: Elisavet Pesiridou 800 m: Georgia Despollari 1500 m: Anthi Kiriakopoulou High Jump: Tatiana Gusin Pole Vault: Ariadni Adamopoulou Long Jump: Andriana Goga
Antaeus7 Posted February 28 Posted February 28 (edited) Schedule for the Greek team (Local times in Netherlands) March 6 18:20 Men's High Jump (Q) Merlos 19:05 Women's Pole Vault (Q) Adamopoulou 19:10 Women's 1500 Meters (H) Kiriakopoulou 20:30 Men's Long Jump (Q) Tentoglou 20:50 Women's 60 Meter Hurdles (H) Pesiridou 21:17 Men's 60 Meter Hurdles (H) Roumitsos March 7 10:15 Women's 800 Meters (H) Despollari 11:00 Women's High Jump (Q) Gusin 11:42 Women's Long Jump (Q) Goga 13:40 Men's Triple Jump (Q) Tsiamis 13:45 Women's 60 Meter Hurdles (SF) 14:05 Men's 60 Meter Hurdles (SF) 19:05 Men's Pole Vault (Q) Karalis, Rizos 20:34 Men's Long Jump (F) 21:00 Women's 1500 Meters (F) 21:43 Women's 60 Meter Hurdles (F) 21:53 Men's 60 Meter Hurdles (F) March 8 12:00 Men's 60 Meters (H) Garaganis, Panagiotopoulos, Myranthopoulos 18:40 Men's Triple Jump (F) 19:10 Men's 60 Meters (SF) 19:35 Women's Pole Vault (F) 19:53 Women's 800 Meters (SF) 20:09 Men's High Jump (F) 20:29 Women's Long Jump (F) 21:40 Men's 60 Meters (F) March 9 10:05 Men's Shot Put (Q) Mouzenidis, Latiflari 12:00 Women's 60 Meters (H) Spanoudaki, Tsoukala, Emmanouilidou 16:05 Women's 60 Meters (SF) 16:28 Men's Shot Put (F) 16:33 Women's 800 Meters (F) 16:42 Men's Pole Vault (F) 17:05 Women's High Jump (F) 18:37 Women's 60 Meters (F) Edited February 28 by Antaeus7
Antaeus7 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 I predict this will be a difficult competition for the majority of the Greek athletes. I only see 2 medals, gold for Karalis and silver for Tentoglou. Emmanouilidou should qualify for the semifinals and will be fighting for a spot in the final 8. Tsoukala will be fighting for at least a semifinals spot or improve on her time to qualify for the World Indoor Championship in Nanjing, China. Others may not excess past there current stat for the indoor season.
Blackhawk Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Tentoglou had to withdraw from the European Championships after coming down with the flu. Down to only one possible medal. As a side note, Stefanidi will be skipping (if not completely retiring) this year's competitions after announcing that she is pregnant and expecting her first child.
Antaeus7 Posted March 4 Posted March 4 So happy for Stefanidi, read this news from her Instagram account. She will be a happy mother!!! ❤️ As for Tentoglou, it's all good, he needs to rest and fully recover. Right now, he is ranked 15th place out of the 16 entries to compete in the men's long jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. I will be keeping an eye on this.
Antaeus7 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 (edited) Some positives to go with the negatives in today's competition. Merlos just missed out of the finals finishing 13th place at 2.18, had opportunities to go over 2.23 which could have sealed qualification. Adamopoulou got a new indoor personal best at 4.45, but it's not enough to qualify to the finals, finished 12th place. Kiriakopoulou finished 8th place (22nd overall) in the first heat with a seasons best at 4:25.82. At the 60 meter hurdles, Roumistos got a new personal best at 7.83 in Heat 3, finished 7th place (25th place overall). It appears we may have found a new Greek male hurdler for the future. Only 22 years old. Pesiridou was terrible, finished 8th place in Heat 4 at 8.70 (32nd place overall). I wonder why Sofia Iosifidou doesn't get the nod since she is 26 years old and performs better? Recently got a personal best of 8.14 at the Greek Indoor Championships. Edited March 7 by Antaeus7
Antaeus7 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 Desopllari finished at 2:03.80 (10th place overall), not enough to qualify for the semifinals. Gusin finished at 1.85 (12th place overall), had chances to go over 1.89, just missed out. Goga has a bad day, got all three fouls to finish with a NM. Tsiamis tried his best at 43 years of age, finished 13th place at 15.86. Rizos finished 15th place at the men's pole vault (5.45), while Karalis did what he is expected to do, qualify for the finals at 5.75. He will go for gold this Sunday as well as the European Indoor Championship record of 6.05.
Antaeus7 Posted March 8 Posted March 8 On Saturday, only three Greek male sprinters in the 60 meters performed in the morning session, all failed to advance into the semifinals, the results. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos 6.74 PB (31st place) Sotirios Garagiannis 6.77 (34th place) Vasilios Myrianthopoulos 6.79 (37th place)
Antaeus7 Posted March 9 Posted March 9 (edited) Sunday morning was a busy day for the Greek athletes. In men's shot put, Mouzenidis finished 16th place at 18.67 while Latiflari had a NM, fouling on all of his three throws. In the women's 60 meters, Spanoudaki finished 36th place at 7.41, Tsoukala finished 35th place at 7.39, which killed off any hopes for a spot in Nanjing, China (World Indoors). Emmanouilidou ran a massive PB in the heats at 7.18 and advanced into the semifinals. She must bring the same energy if she has an opportunity to qualify for the finals. She must avoid running over 7.20. She will be racing in semifinals 3 (Lane 1), in that group Ewa Swoboda of Poland is the favorite to win that race. Second place is up for grabs as well as the fastest two times from non-automatic qualifiers. Edited March 9 by Antaeus7
Antaeus7 Posted March 9 Posted March 9 (edited) Gold medal for Karalis! 5.90 is his mark and he shares gold with Netherland's Menno Vloon also finished with 5.90. Both of them have identical score line. Defending European Indoor Champion Sondre Guttormsen of Norway settles for bronze at the same height with Karalis and Vloon. Emmanouilidou did not make it to the finals as she finished at 7.22 (17th place overall) Edited March 9 by Antaeus7
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