In Paiana, the leaders of dueling swords meet on Saturday

The rated Cup of Greece in dueling sword is dedicated to two great athletes of Greek fencing, Andreas Germakopoulos, ” gold?” Balkan champion and poly-champion swordsman and Niki-Katerina Sidiropoulos, Olympian of 2004 and champion of Greece for more than ten times, who will honor the event with their presence.

The conduct; of the matches is scheduled? for Saturday, April 22 at the closed Peiani’s gymnasium (Agia Triados terminus), while on Sunday? On April 23, non-scored small category competitions will be held for the U13 and U10 categories, under the name “2nd Ariston Cup”.

The entries in all categories are expected to reach 250, with athletes from all over Greece, from Thessaloniki, Crete, Florence etc. In addition, the Cup of Greece “Andreas Germakopoulos – Niki Sidiropoulos” is an attraction for the top Greek swordsmen, as it is the third and last cup in the gun for the current racing season, but also the first competition in Greece within the pre-Olympic season.

It should be noted that the conduct; of the final matches for the men’s and women’s categories has it been scheduled? for 19:30 on Saturday afternoon and is it open? for the common?.

In the women’s category, 58 athletes have been declared, including the winners of the first two women’s Cups and No1/No2 in the pan-Hellenic ranking respectively, Nefeli Rodopoulou (AOFIPS Irida) and Andriana Theodoropoulou (AO Ariston Paianas), as well as No3 in the pan-Hellenic ranking , Nicole Hadjisarantou (AO Ariston Peanias).

In the men’s category, 87 athletes have been registered, among them the winner of this year’s first Cup and No2 in the pan-Hellenic ranking, Thodoris Avramidis (NGS Iraklis), the first Greek of the second Cup and last year’s champion of Greece, Savvas Kavvadias (PAO), but also the No. 1 of the pan-Hellenic ranking, Nikos Tsokas (OXIF).