Sports

“Silver” at the Karnava World Championships, Papadopoulou

by

Double success for Greece at the World Beach Wrestling U20 Championships in Katerini. Elias Karnavas and Eudoxia Papadopoulou won the silver medal at the Beach Wrestling U20 World Championships in Katerini and raised the Greek flag high.

Eudoxia Papadopoulou competed in the 60kg category and passed the group, as a second having two wins and one defeat.

In the semifinals of the institution he made a great appearance. The Greek champion won 4-0 with Ukrainian Poplavska and qualified for the big final. There, she also faced Ukrainian Duyas and lost 4-2.

The race was exciting and judged in the details. The Greek champion could well get the gold, but when the score was 2-2 he first touched the sand and lost the world title.

Elias Karnavas first went through the knockout match, winning the French Fabritsi 4-0. In the group, he went great and with two wins and one defeat in the quarter -finals. The Greek champion won Ukrainian Musiev 1-0 and got the “ticket” for the semifinals.

There, he fought with Nikpour and, after a shocking appearance, defeated him 3-0 and got the “ticket” for the final.

In the gold medal match, Carnava faced Romanian Lenard and lost 5-0. The end result, however, is wrong, as well as the two times he lost points, but he first touched the sand.

Thanassis Avramidis had a very good presence who won fourth place.

You May Also Like

Recommended for you