The Greek appearances at the European Fencing Championships were completed in the ’16’ Goudoura, Georgiadou

The Goundoura and Despina Georgiadou gifts, who were one of the favorites for the female podium, were prematurely excluded from the Individual Tournament of the European Fencing Fencing Championship of Genoa, but together with Alina Kouroussi and Athinai

The other 27th place of this year’s Greek champion in the women’s duel, Ariadnis Naskaris, among the other categories, among 96 athletes. We recall that the best Greek appearance in the event was the eighth position of Maria Chaldea in the sword of exercise.

The 37th place was won by 17 -year -old Alina Kouroussi in Spathi, in the 45th by Nefeli Rodopoulou in the duel sword, in the 52nd Nikos Kontochristopoulos in the Sword of Exercise, the 57th Athena Mavrikakis in Spathi and 71st and 78th places respectively. Universal. The 13th place was also won by the Women’s National Team with Chaldean, Kontochristopoulou, Stamos and Kavvada.

Now, the last stop of the year for Greek swords will be the World Championship of Tbilisa, July 22-30.

Women’s swords (15/6)

Four Greeks of the sword weapon took place on the slopes of the European Fencing Championship on the second day of Genoa. Among them are the world’s leading, gifts of Goudoura and Despina Georgiadou, who won 11th and 13th respectively.

Three of the four Greek women managed to get the knockout from the Poul Phase. Gifts Goudoura (Ah Paiania AO) and Despina Georgiadou (PAO) scored 4/2 wins/defeats and Alina Kourousi (Apollo Vrilissia) scored 3/3 wins/defeats, qualifying in the knockout phase.

Athena Mavrikakis (AO Shield) was left out of the sequel, who came close to scoring the two wins he needed, but eventually recorded six defeats and completed her 57th place.

In the round of the “64”, Gudura passed without a fight and Georgiadou defeated Russian Jana Sobal (Fie No108) 15-10. Kouroussi, however, was defeated 15-11 by Bulgaria Emma Nekova (FIE NO21) and completed her presence with 37th place. The 17 -year -old athlete, who won the top of the European Junior Ranking this year, showed, once again, that he can stand in the big category.

In the round of the “32”, Georgiadou defeated Ukraine Olna Kravacca (Fie No68) with 15-10, while Gudura against Spanish Elena Elena Elena Elena (Fie No63) prevailed. In the ’16s’, however, the two Greek women stopped at this year’s European Championships, as Gudura was bent by Ukrainian Alina Komaskuk (Fie No24) with 15-10 and Georgiadou lost with the same score by Hungarian Sugar-Katina. They won the 11th and 13th place in a total of 59 athletes.

Gudura had won the eighth position last year and Georgiadou’s 21st, so the first will have a slight fall in the world rankings and the second slight rise.

The positions of the Greeks:

11th – Gifts Gudura (Ao Ah Paiania)

13th – Despina Georgiadou (PAO)

37th – Alina Kourousi (Apollo Vrilissia)

57th – Athenian Mavrikaki (AO Shield)

Women’s Duine Sword (16/6)

The four Greek women in Genoa completed their presence in Genoa, with Ariadne Naskaris (Aristotle Paiania) who won 27th place in Europe. Naskaris scored 4/2 wins/defeats in Poul and qualified for the knockout phase, as was Nefeli Rodopoulou (Lx Thessaloniki) with 3/2 and Nicole Hadjisarantou (Aegian Paiania) with 2/4.

Outside of continuity, despite 2/4 wins/defeats, Andriana Theodoropoulou (Ae Ariston Paiania) remained, who took 78th place among 96 entries. In the ‘128’ round, Naskaris and Rodopoulou passed without a fight, while Hadjisarantou lost 15-12 to British Susan-Maria Sica and won 71st.

Rodopoulou in the battle for the entrance to the 32 best bent 15-6 by the Italian Rosel Fiamingo and won 45th. Naskari, on the other hand, managed to win the T64 against Russian Millen Bavougue-Hambimana, but failed to overcome the Swiss Pauline Brune’s obstacle to the battle for the entry of the 16s, resulting in the 96th of the 96th.

The positions of the Greeks:

27th – Ariadne Naskaris (Ao Ariston Paiania)

45th – Nefeli Rodopoulou (Lx Thessaloniki)

71st – Nicole Hadjisarantou (Ao Aristotle Paiania)

78th – Andriana Theodoropoulou (Ao Ariston Paiania)

Men’s Exercise Sword (16/6)

Nikos Kontochristopoulos (AOX Aigaleo) was Greece’s only male spokesman in the gun. He scored 2/4 wins/defeats in Poul and qualified for the knockout phase. On the “64” board, however, he lost 15-1 to Spanish Carlos Yavador and completed another appearance at a European Championship with 52nd place among 71 athletes.

52nd – Nikos Kontochristopoulos (AOX Aigaleo)

Group matches (17-18/6)

The National Team with Maria Chaldeou, Katerina Kontochristopoulou, Maria Stamos and Eleonora Kavvada started with a defeat in the ’16’ round against the strong team of Hungary 44-29. In the rankings for 9-16 positions, the Greeks faced the Russian team who fought as a neutral (AIN) and lost 45-30, eventually winning the 13th place in the competition.

13th – National Team (Chaldeaiou, Kontochristopoulou, Stamos, Kavvada)

The Greek four of the Women’s Spathis with Goundoura gifts, Despina Georgiadou, Alina Kourousi and Athenais Mavrikakis took a stand against Poland’s strong team in the ’16 phase and lost 45-30. In the 9-16 ranking ranks, they passed the first round, then overturned Azerbaijan’s obstacle 45-42 and ended their presence against Russia’s neutral (AIN) team with 45-37, resulting in the ninth place in the European Championship.

9th – National Team (Goudoura, Georgiadou, Kourousi, Mavrikaki)