Antigoni Ntrismpioti wins Greece’s first gold medal in Munich for race walking

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Greece’s Antigoni Ntrismpioti has won a gold medal after winning the women’s 35km race walk at the 2022 European Championships in Munich this morning.

Ntrismpioti’s victory put Greece on the tallyboard, marking the nation’s first gold medal in this year’s championships which was then followed by record-breaking long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou.

For the 38-year-old who fits in her training around working as a waitress in her family’s restaurant, this morning’s medal is her first in a major championship.

In 2 hours and 47 minutes, Ntrismpioti outperformed Spain’s Raquel Gonzalez, who came second (2:49.10) and Hungary’s Victoria Madaraz (2:49.58) who came third. 

During the race, she appeared to be chatting to a television camereman, revealing afterwards she was speaking to her husband who was following the race on a scooter.

“I told him I was confident. I said, ‘Don’t worry. I have it,'” she said.

The confidence was fully justified. Ntrismpioti crossed the line with a 2 minute 10 second lead draped in a Greek flag and heralded by loud bouzouki music ringing around Odeonsplatz square in Munich.

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