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Greece Wins Two More Medals At The European Rowing Championships
Greece won two more medals on Sunday at the European Rowing Championships 2023 in Bled, Slovenia.
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Greece Wins Two Medals In European Rowing Championships
Greece won one silver and one bronze in Lighweight Women's and Men's Double Sculls respectively at the European Rowing Championships 2023.
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Did Ancient Greeks Play Chess?
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Chess has been receiving increased attention in the media, as Greek players are performing very well. Lately, the Greek chess team became the highest-ranked team in Europe and 5th in the world while participating in the Kasparov Cup. More...
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Eleftherios Petrounias Wins Bronze at European Gymnastics Championships
On Saturday, celebrated Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias won a bronze medal at the 10th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the rings category. Despite taking an early lead, Petrounias ultimately placed third in the competition.
The championships are being held this...
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Greek Athlete Elina Tzengko Wins Gold At European Throwing Cup
Elina Tzengko won another European championship in javelin trow on Saturday, winning the gold medal for Greece.
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Anna Korakaki Wins Gold in European 10m Air Pistol Championships
Greek athlete Anna Korakaki triumphed in an intense 10m air pistol competition to win gold at the European Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia, on Friday, March 10.
The competition was hotly contested between Korakaki and French shooter Camille Jedrzejewski. However,...
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Nikos Andrikopoulos Wins Silver Medal at the European Indoor Championships
Greek athlete Nikos Andrikopoulos won a silver medal in the triple jump event at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul on Friday.
It was the first time that a Greek athlete had won a medal in this particular athletic...
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Greece Wins First Ever Medal at the World Ski Championships
On Sunday, Alexandros Ioannis "AJ" Ginnis won Greece's first ever medal at the Alpine World Championships. He came second in the skiing slalom at Courchevel in France.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen made a stunning comeback to secure gold at the event....
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Greek American George Karlaftis to Make Super Bowl Debut
On Sunday, February 12, Greek-born American football defensive end George Karlaftis will play for the first time in the NFL Super Bowl.
The match is set to take place at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, between American Football...
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Two Greeks Set Guinness World Record for “Tandem Push-Ups”
Two Greek athletes George Kotsimpos and Apostolos Dervas completed forty-three consecutive sets of push-ups in tandem on December 21, 2022 in Heraklion, Crete in Greece. They thus set a new world record for "Most Consecutive Tandem Pushups."
Kotsimpos had had...