Some technical errors did not allow Elina Jengo to hit the shots she wanted at Papaflessia. The European javelin champion took second place with 58.24, having many invalids.
The next match for the 20-year-old Greek star is the Paris Diamond League on June 9.
The first place in the event was taken by Cuban Yulemnis Aguilar with 59.55, with Turkala Esra Turkmen third with 55.52.
In her sixth appearance in the summer season, Panagiota Dosi had the best race of her career at height. The 22-year-old vaulter cleared 1.87 and showed that she is ready for higher jumps, as she had good but invalid jumps at 1.90. The Greek champion has already secured her participation in the U23 European Championship.
Tatiana Gusin was second with 1.87 on her third attempt and then had three invalid jumps at 1.90. Despina Maltabe and Eleftheria Christogeorgou exceeded 1.75 and had three voids at 1.80.
One of the best performances of the meeting was that of Georgia-Maria Despolaris in the 800 meters. The athlete of Michalis Anagnostou finished third in 2.04.54, achieved a new individual record and “caught” the limit for the European Championship U23.
The winner of the distance was Natalia Krol with 2.01.55, followed by Naomi Korir with 2.01.66.
Slow by the standards of Polyniki Emmanouilidou was her race at 200 meters. The young champion, after the 23.18 she recorded last week in Cyprus, finished in 23.77 with a headwind.
The first place was taken by the Brazilian Lorraine Martins with 23.30, while the third was the Serbian Ivana Ilic with 24.17.
Elisabeth Pesiridou showed stability. The 31-year-old champion was first in the 100m hurdles in 13.22, also against a headwind. In second place was Dutch Maike Tin Alim with 13.23.
Dimitris Tsiamis was the winner in the triple jump with 16.06 with two more valid jumps at 15.63 and 16 meters. Second with the same performance was Armenian Agassian and third was Indian Unikrisan with 16.05.
Nikos Andrikopoulos had a better jump of 15.72 in his sixth attempt and Andreas Pantazis followed in fifth place with 15.68.
Haridimos Xenidakis overcame a serious injury and finished the 800 meters fifth with 1.49.53, which is his record this year. Petros Papaioannou followed in sixth place with 1.49.86 and improved his individual record. The winner was the Norwegian Jacob Hasteland-Solbu with 1.48.25.
Carlos Palasios was initially the winner in the 100 meters with 10.29 and later prevailed in the 200 meters with 21.13, leaving second Sotiris Garaganis, who finished in 21.21 and improved his year’s record.
In the first row, Vassilis Myrianthopoulos finished in 21.39 and came close to the limit, 21.30, for the U23 European Championships.
In the women’s long, the winner was Milica Gardasevic with 6.69, followed by Tildi Johansson with 6.56 and the Cypriot Filippa Kviten with 6.40 m (-0.8). The best Greek was Anastasia Sarlani with 6.06.
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