Giannakos and Chrysopoulou are also in the European final

Greece secured two more medals today, at the European Junior, Junior and U21 European Championships held in Prague. Harris Giannakos at -75k U21 and Konstantina Chrysopoulou in the -59k Young Women, they qualified for the finals of their categories and tomorrow (19/6) they will claim the gold medal. Also, in the “small” final of their categories in the U21 ages will participate o Stergios Karvounis (+ 84k) and o Costas Binas (-84k).

Thus, the report of Greece exceeds all expectations since we have already secured more medals compared to the organization of 2021 (Tampere). At that time, our country celebrated two (1 gold, 1 bronze) while this year in Prague it already has three “for sure” since in addition to the two aforementioned, qualifying for the final had won since Friday and the Christina Pappas (-47k Juniors). At the same time, the Greek delegation is claiming six bronze medals, with Karvounis, Bina and also Elias Psoma (+ 70k Adolescents), him Giannis Koukouseli (Against Young Men), the Athena Tsiakmaki (Kata Juniors) and the Group Kata Juniors / Young Women (L. Xenou, Pavlitina, Pappa).

All finals will be held on Sunday, with the program starting at 10 am.

Today, the second day of the games, Chrysopoulou made her start in the -59k Young Women. With amazing performances he overcame the obstacles of Menasse (France, 6-3), Kakiai (Netherlands, 2-0), Nakonetsna (Azerbaijan, 2-0) and “dissolved” 7-0 Manika (Romania) in the semifinal! This is how she will face Emina Sipovic (Bosnia) in the final.

In the -75k U21 category, Haris Giannakos confirmed that 2022 is his year. After winning the bronze medal as a member of the Kumite team at the Men’s European Championship last month in Gaziantep, he secured another in Prague. On the way to the final where Dino Simunets (Croatia) is waiting for him, Giannakos defeated Kolb (Germany), Elgir (France), Radojcin (Serbia) and in the semifinal Karian (Armenia).

Stergios Karvounis was defeated by a great athlete, the Irishman McCarthy, who reached the final of + 84k U21, “dragging” the Greek to the repechages. There, Karrvounis easily defeated Sobkoviak (Poland) and then the Englishman Francis. These successes enabled him to claim third place, against Romanian Tanas

Costas Binas (-84k) started with a victory and lost in his second match against Aleksanyan (Armenia) who reached the final. Thus, the champion of ASK Igoumenitsa was “transferred” to the repechages, where defeating Savo (Romania) and Poliak (Slovakia) he advanced to the “small” final. There, his opponent will be Mikulic (Montenegro)

Also three Greek women conquered the 7^the position: H Ioanna Kondyli with a total of three victories at + 59k. Young Women, the Chryssa Frangouli with a victory at + 68k U21 and the Penny Koulourioti also with a victory in the 55k U21. All of them were eliminated by athletes who reached the final and thus participated in the rehearsals.

Also, in today’s second day of the event, the following competed:

U21: Dimitris Kioupelis (-60k), Panagiotis Floros (-67k), Stelina Tzilia (-50k), Cassiani Farmaki (-68k).

YOUNG MEN: Leonardo Tsota (+ 76k), Antonis Koumoutsakos (-55k) George Baliotis (-61k), Stelios Ftilakis (-67k), Costas Papadopoulos (-76k)

YOUNG WOMEN: Myrto Georgoulea (-48k), Nasia Andrianopoulou (-53k)

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