By Emmanuel Karalis to triumph in the pole vault final and to give Greece its sixth medal – 5th bronze, plus Christos’s silver – at the Paris Olympic Games, Katerina Stefanidis and Ariadni Adamopoulou qualifying for the medal battle in the women’s pole vault and the National water polo team of the men to beat Italy and take the first place in the A’ group, the 10th day has passed for the Greek team. Analytically:
TARGETING
Emmanuela Katzourakis and Makis Mitas failed to qualify for the final of the mixed skeet shooting of the “Paris 2024” Olympic Games. The Greek duo took 13th place in the qualifier with a performance of 139/150 shots, staying out of the top four that will claim the three medals in the afternoon (16:00) final. For the record, Katzouraki had 67/75 (22/25, 23/25 and 22/25) in her three shooting streaks, while Mitas scored 72/75 (24/25, 24/25 and 24/25) in own effort in the qualifier.
TRACK
Katerina Stefanidis will live for the third time (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2021, missed the final in 2012 in London), in her rich and distinguished career, the experience of an Olympic final. The Greek Olympian in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 will challenge for a medal in the pole vault final at the Paris Olympics, which will take place next Wednesday (7/8, 20:00 Greek time). The 34-year-old top Greek athlete competed in the first qualifying group and cleared the first height (4.20m), while she got the “ticket” for the final, as she passed 4.40m with her first attempt and 4.55m with her second, which they also “gave” the qualification.
At the same time, the 24-year-old, Ariadni Adamopoulou, is “living the dream”, as in her first appearance at the Olympic Games, she exceeded 4.20m with her first attempt. and 4.40m, but failed three times at 4.55m. However, she secured qualification as one of the nine vaulters who did not have a failed attempt at 4.40 meters, resulting in 20 (!) gymnasts competing in the final for the first time in Olympic history. The qualification limit was four meters and 70 centimeters, however no efforts were needed at this height, since the qualification was judged lower (4.55m).
Eleni Pollak, 28, also competed in the first group, who, after clearing 4.20m on her first attempt, had three failed jumps at four meters and 40 centimeters. It is worth noting that at the same height (4.40m.) the Briton, Holly Bradshaw, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics (2021), was also disqualified.
With the 24th place in the final classification, Polyniki Emmanouilidou completed her 200 meters attempt. The Greek champion was ranked 8th in the 2nd semi-final series with a time of 23 seconds and 18 cm and bids farewell to the 33rd Olympic Games with an excellent presence.
Emmanuel Karalis won the bronze medal in the pole vault of the Paris Olympics! The Greek champion, with a performance of 5 meters and 90 centimeters, took 3rd place and gave Greece its 6th medal (one silver and 5 bronze) at the Paris Olympic Games. It is the 31st medal won by Greek athletics in the history of the Olympic Games and 128th in total.
SAILING
Cameron Alexandros Maramenidis began today’s men’s kite sailing efforts with eighth place in the fifth race. After this result, the 22-year-old surfer moved up to 11th overall with 33 penalty points, as he threw his fourth race as his worst.
HORSEBACK RIDING
Ioli Mytileneou was disqualified from the show jumping final at the Olympic equestrian tournament in Paris. The Greek amazon, in her first participation in the Olympic Games, after the completion of her race was in 47th place (the competition is in progress) having 12 penalty points and a score of 72.32, while she was finally ranked 57th among 74 competitors.
MEN’S DEHYDRATION
The men’s national water polo team achieved a great victory with 9-8 over Italy, in the “curtain” of the A’ phase of the Olympic tournament in Paris. Led by Stelios Argyropoulos (four goals) and Manos Zerdevas (14 saves), the representative group celebrated the first place in Group A and qualification to the quarter-finals, where they will face the title holder Serbia.
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