The women’s national polo team “hit” Greece!

The mission arrived at “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport shortly before 14:00 Women’s national polo team who won the silver medal at the European Championship in Split.

The mission of the runner-up team of Europe led by the federal coach Alexia Kammenou but also the MVP of the event Eleftheria Pleuritouthey returned to our country with the silver medal hanging on their chest.

Both in their statements noted how important this distinction was for Greek polo while also emphasizing their pride in being part of the National Team.

“I am very satisfied, they were interested first of all in playing well. From the first day we showed it, we had continuity, we reached the medal. We were disappointed that we didn’t get the gold, their inexperience showed. You have to play a lot of finals, it happened with Spain, to handle the bad moments. It’s a lesson”said Alexia Kammenou who then added:

“But the medal is an achievement for these young girls. We must not rest, on the other hand the girls must continue the great effort they have made. They are very great athletes, and very cooperative. I am very lucky for the material we have, the youngest age group in fact, our goal is the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. And I think we will manage to lead the team to the Olympics, with a competitive team.

With such distinctions as in Split, steps are taken forward. It is also very important that we had awards and medals in all our age groups, girls, juniors, young women and now the women. It is a completely successful year, this shows the work being done in the infrastructure, we rely on that for the future as well. We become stronger and move forward. Aiming for gold”.

For her part, Eleftheria Pleuritou stated: “We are very satisfied and happy with our performance, the distinction is huge for Greece and Greek water polo, we are the second best team in Europe. After the world where we didn’t manage to qualify for the top four we said we would do better at the European, we did, we reached just before the top, unfortunately, and this is the beginning of very big things. Half of the players of our national team competed for the first time in a European tournament. We knew we could reach very high, we didn’t make it, we leave it for the next day. This team has a very long following. It is very important for me that high-level coaches voted me the best player. It was a reward for my hard work over the years, and that goes for the whole team. The team has gone through many ups and downs, but in 2018 and 2022 we brought two medals. And the best is yet to come”

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