An impressive start to the season was made by Miltos Tentoglou, who finished his race on the Silver Indoor Tour of the World Federation in Ostrava, taking second place. The jumper of George Pomaski needed three jumps to find the way for the 8.00m. and show his moods for the new year. The “gold” Olympian of Tokyo finished his race in second place with a performance of 8.15 m in his fifth attempt and is by far his best performance at the beginning of the season.
Tentoglou started the race with a void and continued consecutively with 7.86 m., Void, 8.00 m., 8.15 m. And void jump. The 24-year-old once again showed his ability to react effectively to the last jumps, as he did with absolute success at the Tokyo Olympics. Today was the first of four matches that Tentoglu will play before the World Cup in Belgrade. The jumper of GS Kifissia is preparing for the top event of the season, where he will participate with the aim of winning the gold medal, his first in the event. Tentoglu’s next match will take place on Saturday, February 12, at a rally in Metz, France.
Sweden’s Tobias Modler prevailed in today’s race with 8.21m, a performance he scored in his sixth and final jump and with which he managed to stop Tentoglu’s impressive winning streak, which lasted from February 13, 2021.
A dynamic start for Rafaela Spanoudaki in Ostrava
Rafaela Spanoudaki (GS Ilioupolis) showed from an early age her excellent condition, in view of the World Indoor Championship in Belgrade.
The athlete of Kostas Vogiatzakis was third in the second qualifying series of 60m. with 7.29. Spanoudaki made the best debut of her career, since she had never managed to start the year with a performance below 7.30. The experienced sprinter achieved the fourth performance of her career and in a short time will have the opportunity to improve it, during the final of the tournament.
Spanoudaki also confirmed the limit (7.30) at the World Indoor, which already had the limit for the World Indoor since last year.
The athlete about one later ran to the final, where she finished at 7.30 and took the fourth, thus closing in her ideal way her debut in the season. Spanoudaki was left behind in the start, however she showed great strength in the last meters and managed to cover the lost ground, finally finishing in fourth place near the leading athletes. The winner in the 60m was Molly Escort (Ireland) with 7.25, followed by Del Paul (Switzerland) with 7.26. Spanoudaki will make her next match at the SEF day on Sunday the 13th of the month.
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Eleni Polak (AO Megaron) also participated in the rally in Ostrava, but she did not manage to finish her match as she would have liked. The athlete of Manolis Karagiannis did not exceed 4.21 m, which was the initial height at which she entered the race, however she kept from her appearance today the fact that she had no discomfort in her leg. The athlete will have the opportunity to make a race according to her abilities, on Saturday at the SEF conference.
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