OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias took gold at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, and has now kept his 2020 Olympic qualification hopes alive.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: “Track and Field News” has named Konstantinos Filippidis, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, and Katerina Stefanidi as some of the best pole vaulters of the 2010s decade.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: After becoming the first Greek woman to win two medals at the same Olympics back in 2016, AnnaKorakaki will now become the first female to be the initial torchbearer of the Olympic flame.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece won three medals at the 2020 European Karate Junior & Cadet and U21 Championships in Hungary, including a gold from Konstantinos Mastrogiannis.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The coronavirus outbreak has postponed the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, from March 2020 to a new date in March 2021.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: AGONAsport’s “Decade in review” series continues with Andrew Stamas looking back on Greece’s Olympic participation over the last ten years.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: As the previous decade has just concluded, AGONAsport kicks off their “Decade in Review” series with Andrew Stamas looking back on the 15 World Championship titles won by Greece in Olympic events at the senior level over the last ten years.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greek pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi will miss the 2020 indoor season, including the World Athletics Indoor Championships, as she will instead focus on the outdoor season where she will aim to defend her titles at both the Olympics and the European Championships.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: With two golds and a bronze from Andreas Vazaios, and a bronze from Anna Ntountounaki, Greece has now won 13 medals at the European Short Course Swimming Championships.
OTHER GREEK SPORTS: Stefanos Tsitsipas and Katerina Stefanidi were named the best athletes of 2019 at the Panhellenic Sports Press Association (PSPA) Awards Ceremony on Monday evening.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: On the last day of the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Andreas Vazaios won another gold medal and a bronze medal, while fellow Greek Anna Ntountounaki also won a bronze.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greek swimmer Andreas Vazaios won gold in the men’s 200 m individual medley at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow, setting a new European record time of 1:50.85.
OLYMPIC GAMES: 2016 Olympic gold medalist Eleftherios Petrounias finished second at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany, and is now likely to miss out on qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
OLYMPIC GAMES: With just over eight months to go until the start of the 2020 Olympics, AGONAsport’s Andrew Stamas digs into why Greek sports fans may have to lower their medal count expectations.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The Cadet, Junior & U21 World Karate Championships conclude in Santiago, Chile, with Greece’s Stefanos Xenos winning gold and Konstantina Chrysopoulou winning silver in their respective categories.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: With just over nine months to go until the 2020 Olympics, AGONAsport takes a look at which Greek athletes have fared well in the most recent World Championships of their respective sports at the senior level.
