The myth, the legend, the amazing Lefteris Petrounias He did that too! In his 34, the Greek athlete conquered -along with the Turk Adem Asil– the gold medal at the European Championship of Leipzig, 8th in his huge career and 14th in top of top events!
With an appearance full of power, precision and soul and a highly demanding, total difficulty of 5,700, which had evolved and refined after his recent success in the Pan -Hellenic Championship, Lefteris Petrounias proved to the final, once again, because it is considered legend of gymnastics, surpassing himself! Gathered 14,400 points and he entered the battle dynamically for the gold medalwhich he conquered and shared, after all, with the equally unlikely Asil, who gathered exactly the same score -They had the same degree of difficulty at 5.7 and the same score in the execution of 8,700. No one has managed to overcome both the great athletes who climbed together on the first step of the podium, hugged!
The Greek legend of the sport now has its rich collection Three Olympic medalsincluding gold in 2016 in Rio, three world titles and reached the record number of the Eight European titles!
In detail the results of the final rings:
Location Athlete Country
1 Lefteris Petrounias Greece 14,400
1 Adem Asil Turkey 14,400
3 Artur Avetisian Armenia 14,366
4 Nikita Simonov Azerbaijan 14,333
5 Harry Hepworth M. Britain 14,333
6 Vahagn Dadian Armenia 14,166
7 Samir Ait Said France 14,066
Lefteris Petrounia’s “golden” effort:
Adem Asil’s attempt:
And when both of them realize that they have won the gold medal:
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