“Bronze” Yiannis Korakidis in the European Cup

With a position on the podium Started for Greek colors the European Cup in the GSP of Nicosia. THE Giannis Korakidis conquered the bronze medal In the K23 hammer with a better shot at 71.08, improving this year’s record.

The K20 World Champion of 2022 was the athlete who closed the efforts. He started with a shot at 68.26, which put him in 4th place. In the second attempt He threw him 67.66 and on Tuesday 67.29. On the fourth, and as he had fallen fifth, he lost his pace, stopped and tried to re -set, but the hammer stopped at the cage.

O Athlete of General Mandra found the force in the fifth shot to exceed 70 meters linethrowing 71.08, a performance that uploaded him third behind the 2024 World K20 Champion, Joseph Kesidis (72.96 Pancyprian K23) and Hungarian Miklos Ceko, who achieved a new individual record of 71.54. In his last shot, the Swiss Lars Wolfisberg threw the hammer away. It was measured 71.06, just two inches behind Korakidis. The race ended with an invalid shot of the Greek thrown.

In his last year in the K23 categoryKorakidis traveled to Cyprus with this year’s 70.73 performance and an individual record of 75.08 from 2024.

“I was late to get into the race unfortunately. I believed in more measures. I could throw them. In the fifth shot I understood some mistakes I made and it was a moderate shot. The truth is that I am not representing these measures, I could throw much more. It’s an experience. Sport is not just wins and gold medals. I hope to be healthy by the end of the season to go to Bergen which is the essential goal and everything else comes welcome“, Stressed Yiannis Korakidis after the medals were awarded.

In the joke of women K2322 -year -old Eleonora Tsoga competed in the second capacity group. She was unable to achieve the shots she would like and stayed 8th with a better performance at 44.29, staying away from this year’s and individual record, 50.04, from the recent winter casts in Heraklion.

The Athlete of GM Kifissia threw 43.91 in her first attempt, 43.14 in the second and was invalid in the third.

In her next three shots she threw 42.90, 44.29, which was her bestand was invalid in the latter.

“The conditions were good. For the first time I fought with foreign athletes. I felt well in general I was tight for no reason. It was a passage to go to European K23 and be more prepared and claiming there something more“, Said Eleonora Tsoga.