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Greece to Participate in the Beijing Olympic Games with Five Athletes
Five athletes who will represent Greece in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, 2022 departed from Athens on Sunday.
There will be two athletes carrying the Greek national flag during the opening...
Greece
Weightlifter Iakovidis Breaks Down at Olympics; Exposes Lack of Support by Greek State
Greek weightlifter Theodoros Iakovidis announced his retirement on Saturday after failing to qualify for the finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Sports
Meet All the Athletes Representing Greece at the Tokyo Olympics
It is no surprise that Greece, the originator of the ancient Olympic Games, will have a strong presence at the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo.
Greece
PM Tsipras Saves Greece's Participation in European Games After Ticket Debacle
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday saved the blushes of the country's athletics federation (SEGAS) by offering the official government jet to fly its athletes to Belarus for the European Games.
Tsipras' intervention followed SEGAS' announcement earlier that Greek participation...
Greece
The Greek Sports Legends of the Greek Crisis
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Some Greek athletes have defied all odds during the decade of Greece's financial crisis, rising to the world stage and becoming legends of sport.
As the nation suffered from years of unprecedented austerity, violence and instability, this group of individuals...
events
The Bridge Experience, a Sports Event that Eliminates Distances
The Bridge experience, the first sports event that 'builds bridges' and eliminates the distances will be held on the Rio-Antirrio Bridge on 8 and 9 July.
It is a two-day competition that includes a run and bicycle race and swimming....
Greece
The Athletes Behind Greece's 120 Years of Olympic Medals
Greece is the birthplace of the Olympics and ever since the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, Greece has participated in all of the summer games up to this summer's Rio 2016. Let's take a look at some fun...
Greece
Anna Korakaki: the First Greek Athlete Winning 2 Olympic Medals Since 1912
Υ What Anna Korakaki achieved on Tuesday night in Rio, no other contemporary Greek athlete has managed before: To bring two Olympic medals to Greece in the same competition.
The last time this happened was in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, when...
Greece
Olympic Games: Double Success for Greece in Rowing
Greek rowing athletes Aikaterini Nikolaidou and Sofia Asoumanaki are one of the teams that is most likely to win a place in the rowing finals at the Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro. The Greek team finished first in the...
Greece
How Greek Athletes Fared on the 3rd Day of Rio Olympics
The third day of the Greek athletes in the Rio Olympics started with a great performance of the men's water polo team that ended with a 9-9 draw against world champions Serbia.
Despite a great start that found the Greeks...