The biggest event of the year in taekwondo, the World Championship in China, finds the Greek delegation ready and complete, which will participate with a total of 16 athletes.
The Greek team consists of: Aris Psarros (54k), Kostas Dimitropoulos (58k), George Gerardis (63k), Apostolis Panagopoulos (68k), Charalambos Fluskounis (74k), Yiannis Papadopoulos (80k), Vassilis Tholiotis (87k) Sotiris Michopoulos (+87k.), Vasiliki Papadopoulou (46k.), Konstantina Burogianni (49k.), Ioanna Desyllas (53k.), Fani Tzeli (57k.), Theopoulola Sarvanaki (62k.), Nefeli De Reke-Morkousi (67k.), Irini Dova (73k.), Agoritsa- Artemia Kitsiu (+73k.)
According to the program of the World Federation, on Friday the athletes will compete in the +87kg category. men and – 57m. of women.
The program in detail:
25/10 -63k. Men, -49m. Women’s
26/10 -54k. Men, -87m. Men, -73 Mr. Women’s
27/10 -90k. Men, -46m. Women, +73m. Women’s
28/10 -68k. Men, -67m. Women’s
29/10 -58k. Men, -62 Mr. Women’s
30/10 -74k. Men, -53m. Women’s
First into the battle is Fani Tzeli, who will face the Norwegian Hansen in the round of 64. The match will be played at 4:12.
Sotiris Michopoulos will face Huang from Chinese Taipei at 06:00.
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