Category: SPORTS
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Gold for Anna Korakaki at Rio Games
Korakaki won 4 out of 7 series in the intense gold medal match against Germany’s Monika Karsch to win the gold medal. The 20-year-old shooter also won Greece’s first medal at the Rio games, taking bronze in the women’s 10 meter pistol event on Sunday. (greece.greekreporter.com)
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Greece Goes to Rio Olympics with 92 Athletes
Twenty seven athletes will compete on track, while in individual sports, 15 will be in swimming, nine in gymnastics, seven in sailing and six in rowing. Τhe Hellenic Swimming Federation has the most athletes (30), with 15 of them in swimming, two in synchronized swimming, and 13 in national men’s water polo. Three athletes will compete…
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Greece to be represented by 54 athletes in Rio Paralympics
According to the president of the committee Giorgos Fountoulakis, the finest paralympic athletes will represent Greece in Brazil and expressed his gratitude for the support. Greece will be represented in 11 sports – the most since the Athens Paralympics: Wheelchair tennis, powerlifting, sailing, swimming, boccia, wheelchair fencing, cycling, shooting, athletics, judo and archery. (www.tovima.gr)
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Egyptian volleyball team promises better results at Rio 2016
The team won four matches and lost five in the competition. However, Sherif El-Shemerly and team captain Hossam Abdallah promised to do better moving forward, saying the team was not in its best shape at the World League. According to Kingfut, the coach stated that three factors contributed to the team’s poor performance. “First, Ahmed Afifi, who is…