Once again the Polyniki Emmanouilidou she proved that she is a competitive athlete and knows how to fight to achieve her best. In Cali he competed in the 100m and 200m running five highly demanding and competitive races. In the 100m he reached the semi-final and then competed in the 200 m.
Shortly before the final, another storm broke out in Cali, (tropical country you see…) and the games were stopped for about an hour, with what that might mean for the gymnasts. The start was scheduled to be given at 00:30 and was finally given at 01:35. But as it turned out, neither the delay nor the rain affected Emmanuilidou who once again gave her best and finished in fifth place.
?????? Polyniki Emmanouilidou is the 5th best athlete in the world in the 200 m G K20, with 23.42 in the final! With 5 fast races in 100m & 200m, she gave her best and was outstanding at this World @WACali22
Many congratulations to our champion!#segas pic.twitter.com/83uaGihLuc— SEGAS (@PRESEGAS) August 5, 2022
Jamaica went 1-3 with Briana Liston taking the gold medal with a performance of 22.65 and Alena Reed the bronze with 22.95. The silver medal was won by Julia Jameson from the USA with 22.77. The first three with times under 23”.
Polyniki Emmanuilidou (A.S.S. Alexandros of Macedonia) was born on June 30, 2003 in Koufalia, Thessaloniki, a city where she lives and trains until today. Alongside her training, she studies at the School of Physical Education and Sports Science at Aristotle University. Her coach is Katerina Alexopoulou.
In the previous championship in Nairobi, she took part in the 200m and was 10th in the Semi-Final. He broke the Panhellenic K20 record with a performance of 23.77 running in the 3rd semi-final series on the 3rd runway.
In this year’s championship, to reach the final, she had to break the Panhellenic record again with 23.20, running in the 2nd semi-final series in the 4th course, marking the sixth best performance of the athletes who participated in the three semi-final series.
She was also victorious in the first heat and advanced to the semi-final with the fourth best heat time of 23.43 a few hours after competing in the 100m where she took eleventh place with a time of 11.51.
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