Nikos Karavanos triumphed at 92k. freestyle and won the silver medal at the international wrestling tournament held in Tallinn. In a very difficult category, the APOR champion proved that he is in excellent condition and with six consecutive victories he found himself in the final claiming the gold medal.
Karavanos first defeated the Finnish Liedes 8-0, the Polish Rutkowski by technical superiority, the Lithuanian Paulauskas by technical superiority. Then, despite the fatigue, he defeated the Latvian Barinovs 3-1, the Romanian Metea with technical superiority and the Ukrainian Tsvihun 3-1.
In the final, Nikos Karavanos faced the Ukrainian Postovi and was defeated, as a result of which he won the silver medal and brought Greece’s greatest success in the competition.
The Cretan champion also competed in the Greco-Roman, where he finished seventh.
The other Greek entries:
Nikos Giagounidis: 6th in 87km Greco-Roman
Eleni Gavrinioti: 7th in 54km. women’s wrestling
Arionas Kolosentas: 7th at 97k. Greco-Roman
Georgia Hasambaliotis: 8th in 57km. women’s wrestling
Giorgos Heristanidis: 8th at 77k. Greco-Roman
Iasonas Margaritidis: 13th in the 60km. Greco-Roman
Fotini Nalbati: 14th at 61km. women’s wrestling
Alexandros Meindis: 14th at 75km. free
Yiannis Tsakeropoulos: 15th in the 80km. free
Evangelia Kyrtsaki: 16th in the 50km. women’s wrestling
Yannis Karoutsos: 22nd in 55km. free
Iosif Nikolaidis: 22nd at 71km. free
After the end of the games, the athletes of the APOR, Olympionikis Volos and AS Taxiarchis clubs participated in a two-day preparation camp. PAOK athletes also participated in the games.
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