Madrid 2025: Impressive Franks in his debut in Greek colors

With his first appearance with Greek colors, the George Franks He unfolded his rich talent. Although placed in a bad corridor, in the 8th, the fast -paced order, the expatriate by USAwho just recently acquired the right to fight with blue whites, finished in 45.46, near his individual record of 45.20, but also in his Panhellenic record Dimitris Riga45.11 that has been withstood since 2006. The Raconian Rediah Riardon achieved 44.60

THE Franks He made a very fast first 250ar and drove the race, but in the last meters he didn’t have much power. Nevertheless, he finished in 45.46, 7th in the fast series and 9th in total, giving eight points to Greece to European Championships of Teams in Madrid.

The first Greek to compete on the second day of the games and at Valehermo Stadium was the Giannis Korakidis. He started with 70.53 that put him in 7th place after the first attempt. The second was a little worse at 69.99 and with German Merlin Hummel throwing 77.35 fell eighth. The third left lower, it seemed to be over 72 m, but unfortunately it was invalid.

With Portuguese Dessio Andrade responding with 72.35, Greek champion He went out of the first eight and lost the right to perform more shots. In the end, Korakidis finished in 11th place giving 6 points to Greece. The first was the Ukrainian Michael Kohan with 81.66 in a high -profile race with three athletes over 80 meters.

OR Maria Rafailidou She started with an effort over 16 meters, but she was unable to keep her balance and came out invalid. After her shot she headed to the outdoor corridors of the stadium, isolated, in order to gather. Obviously anxious in the second attempt, he threw 15.16. The winner was the Dutch Jessica Schilder with 20.14

The pressure was great for the 18 -year -old European champion K18, the youngest member of Greek missionthus not being able to hold on to the valve and come out invalid, performance that brought it to 14th place.

In the first race, the rookie in an international event, Alexia Papavassiliouhe had a difficult task from the beginning, as he had the slowest time. Running from the first corridor, her mission became even more difficult. He tried to pass Ukrainian B, but did not have the strength and finished 8th and 16th in total with 54.34. Winner with a record of racing was the Dutch Femke bowl with 49.48.