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Greek Champion Sweeps Gymnastics Awards

Lefteris Petrounias and the Greek gymnastics team were the success story of the European Union of Gymnastics awards on Monday, sweeping three of the top five prizes. Twenty-seven-year-old Petrounias -- nicknamed the 'Lord of the Rings' -- received the Male...

Our People Endure and will Endure, Says President Pavlopoulos

"Our people can and will endure," President of Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said as he received Greek athlete Lefteris Petrounias on Thursday, in a message referring to the flood-stricken residents of western Attica. Receiving the Olympic and world champion in artistic...

World Champion Lefteris Petrounias Takes the Floor for a Zeibekiko Dance (video)

‘Lord of the Rings’, Lefteris Petrounias, danced at a Greek night in Canada following his triumph at the World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, on Saturday. Petrounias who became only the ninth gymnast to win back-to-back golds in the rings, performed...

‘Lord of the Rings’ Lefteris Petrounias Wins Gold at World Championship (video)

Lefteris Petrounias won gold at the World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal on Saturday to become only the ninth gymnast to win back-to-back Worlds golds in the rings. The 27-year-old scored 15.433 points after an excellent performance of his routine, with...

Greek Gymnast Lefteris Petrounias Qualifies for Montreal World Championship Final

Greek Olympic medallist Lefteris Petrounias, 27, has qualified for the final eight in the rings competition of the 2017 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, after finishing first in the qualification rounds for the event, with a score...

Petrounias Wins Third Gold in a Row at European Championships (Video)

Greece's Lefteris Petrounias, the Olympic gold medallist has taken his third gold medal in a row in the European Championships this Saturday in Cluj in Romania. The 27-year-old is one of two gymnasts to ever win three European Championships in a...

Lefteris Petrounias wins gold medal at Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy 2017 in Baku

Olympic champion in gymnastics Lefteris Petrounias was the winner of the rings final at the Gymnastics World Cup AGF Trophy 2017 adding another gold medal to his collection. In his first international outing of the year, Rio rings champion made...

Lefteris Petrounias: You Must Experience Defeat if you want to Reach Success

At this moment I am nothing, said Olympic gold medal winner in artistic gymnastics Lefteris Petrounias to Athens Macedonian News Agency after receiving his award in the framework of the 2nd International Sports Science Congress organised by Aristotle University...

Petrounias Qualifies First for Rings Final (video)

Artistic gymnast and Olympian Eleftherios Petrounias put on a stunning performance to make it to the Men's Rings final in Rio. The Greek champion performed an unmistakably impeccable program and is a favorite to win a gold medal in the...

Olympic Flame for the Rio Games has been Lit in Olympia, Greece

The Olympic flame for the 2016 Rio Games has been lit in ancient Olympia in Greece on Thursday, launching the torch relay for the first-ever South American Games. In a bright ceremony, the flame was lit by the sun in...