Swimmer Apostolos Christou made Greek history at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, winning the silver medal in the men’s backstroke final.
Christou’s win was Greece’s first-ever Olympic medal in pool swimming.
The Greek finished in second place with a time of 1:54.82, setting a new national record. He trailed Hungarian swimmer Hubert Kos, who won gold with a time of 1:54.26.
Victory was sweet for Christou after he missed out on another swimming medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday by just a mere two-hundredths of a second.
Christou’s win is Greece’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Judoka Thodoris Tselidis earned a bronze medal in the men’s -90kg weight class on Wednesday.
Source: Ekathimerini.
