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Stefanos Ntouskos of Greece won the men’s single sculls to claim the country’s first medal of the Tokyo Games.
Among Greece’s main medal hopes at the Tokyo Games, reigning 2016 Olympic champion Lefteris Petrounias booked a place in Saturday’s rings final with 15.333 points in the qualifier on Saturday morning.
China’s Liu Yang got a score of 15,300 and showed, as expected, that he would be one of the main contenders for the medals.
Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti, gold medalist in London and silver in Rio, scored 14,900 points. Apart from winning gold in Rio in 2016, Petrounias is a three-time World champion and a six-time European medalist on the still rings.
He was named Greek Male Athlete of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and in 2018.
Flag bearers Eleftherios Petrounias and Anna Korakaki of Greece lead their contingent during the athletes’ parade at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, at the Olympic Stadium, on July 23, 2021.
Game Set and Match Stefanos Tsitsipas. Stefanos Tsitsipas wins the match 7-6(2) 6-3 .
In a historic world first, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced that it will lead the Opening Ceremony of the “Tokyo 2020” Olympic Games with two flag bearers.
Zoran said that the issue concerning the kit worn by the country’s national team in the EURO 2020 has already been raised and will be resolved based on the Prespa Agreement and UEFA rules.
The team’s kit bears the initials FFM for the Football Federation of Macedonia.