The sensational Apostolos Papastamos is European champion with a pan-Hellenic record and a limit for Paris!

The incredible broke it all Apostolos Papastamos! The Greek champion wanted a time under 4.12.50 in the 400m final. mixed individual at European Championship track and field in Belgrade, in order to check the “ticket” for the Olympic Games in Paris, he, however, achieved the unthinkable!

Running the race of his life, Papastamos did 4.10.83master it gold metal, breaking the pan-Hellenic record and of course, he will travel to the French capital! The 23-year-old was excellent from the first 100 meters, showing that he will be crowned European champion and with a terrible time, as he did! The Hungarians Holo and Bozori lost him after 150 meters. Terrible in backstroke and butterfly, enjoyable in the freestyle, his entire effort was unique.

He solved, in fact, the 4.11.93with which he had swam at the World Championships in Budapest in 2019!

As for him Daniel Yourtzidiswho also competed in the final, swam the distance in 4.16.64, setting a personal best and placing fourth.

We remind, with an excellent performance and a new pan-Hellenic record, o Stergios Bilas secured his first career appearance in a major event final at men’s level (in an individual event).

The Greek swimmer scored the best time in the 50m semi-finals butterfly, at the European Championships in Belgrade, recording a time of 23.06, with which he improved on the 23.16 he had done last year (August 13, 2023) at the European U23 in Dublin, where he won the gold medal.

The final will take place tomorrow (18/6)at 19:37, and together with Bila will compete, the Israeli Meiron Amir Ceruti (23.20), the Hungarian Sebastian Szabo, European champion in 2021 (23.23), the Austrian Simon Bucher (23.29), the Ukrainian Vladislav Bukov (23.29 ), the Czech Daniel Gracik (23.31), the Croatian Nikola Milienic (23.34) and the Romanian Denis-Laurean Popescu (23.45).