The program of the Greek presence on Friday at the European Indoor Championships will be “opened” in the morning by Miltos Tedoglou. The “gold” Olympic medalist and European long distance champion starts at 8:10 in the preliminaries of the event with the aim of qualifying for next Sunday’s final, with the Greek champion having this year’s top performance in the world with 8.41.
The “baton” will be taken by Katerina Stefanidis and Nicole Kyriakopoulou at the same time, in order to qualify for next Saturday’s final. The 33-year-old Rio Olympic gold medalist and European indoor champion in 2017 has exceeded 4.62 this year and is among the favorites for a medal.
For her part, the former “bronze” European indoor and outdoor champion has a best jump of 4.40, while she suffered a concussion that set her back.
The best performance among the participants is Tina Sutei with 4.82, while the European champion in the open, Vilma Murto, is also in good condition with 4.75.
Raphaela Spanoudaki and Polyniki Emmanouilidou will represent our country in the 60 meters at 11:05. The athlete of Kostas Vogiatzakis will compete in the second series, having 7.39 this year’s record, i.e. the seventh performance. The Cypriot Olivia Fotopoulou will take part in the same race with this year’s 7.26, but also the British Daryl Neita with 7.05, the second best performance among the participants.
The 20-year-old Emmanuilidou, in her debut in an international event, will compete in the seventh series and with 7.30 she has the fourth performance.
Irini Vassiliou and Andriana Ferra will participate in the women’s 400 meter heat at 9:40. The Cretan champion will run in the third corridor of the third series and with 53.46 she has the fourth time.
The second will compete in the fourth series.
Spyridoula Karydis will participate in the triple jump qualifier at 10:10 with the goal of a performance better than 13.72, having this year 13.42 in the SEF Panhellenic Championship.
Antonis Merlos makes his indoor track and field debut at 18:00, having this year 2.17.
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