OR Anastasia Marinakou confirmed the title of favorite and won at 10 km. of the Authentic Marathon for the fourth time and even with a new course record. The athlete of Panathinaikos and Stavros Karre finished in 33.23. At the same time, he achieved his first victory in the men’s race Panagiotis Petroulakis of GAS Ilissos with a performance of 30.25.
In his third appearance in the 10km race, the 22-year-old took his first victory, in a race where he had strong competition from last year’s winner, Nikos Stamoulis. The Giorgos Georges athlete, although he specializes in the 1,500 m, showed that he has a lot of strength in the second half of the race and entered the stadium first with a significant difference from Stamoulis, finishing in 30.25.
“I was very happy with the win and I also liked my performance. In terms of tactics, I was running behind Nikos Stamoulis, but after halfway I saw that I had the strength and made the change on the downhill section. It was windy on the way up, but it didn’t affect me. It’s just that the participation and support of the people helped me a lot. As a 1500m athlete, this race will help me ahead of the new season, which will start in indoor track“, said the Greek runner shortly after the finish.
Nikos Stamoulis (GAS Agriniou) was also satisfied with his performance, although he was clearly tired after the finish, where he finished second with a time of 30.41. Babi Posonidis’ athlete said after the match: “In the first kilometers I struggled because of the wind and it is a fact that on the downhill I expected to have strength, but I felt tired. I expected a better time, but overall I’m happy with my performance. After winning in 2023, this year I was second. People helped a lot, and that was important on a difficult course».
In the third place of the race finished o Alexander Bolias in 30.49, but third in the ranking of the 10 km Panhellenic Championship. on a public road was Panagiotis Orfeas Giannatis (31.37). “I started with a slightly slower tempo. Anyway, the first six kilometers were uphill. After the turnaround, we had the switch at the front of the race. At the beginning I was running with Sergios Diacostefanis and after I was further behind I was pulled by a foreign athlete participating in the OPENsaid the Herakles athlete who trains with Jason Ioannidis after the match.
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