Weekend wrap up: What you missed for Team Hellas at the Olympics

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As we enter day 10 of the Paris Olympics, Team Hellas has made some exciting progress in the 2024 tournament.

Greek long jump champion Miltiadis “Miltos” Tentoglou, who won Greece a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, advanced to the final of the Paris Olympics with an 8.32-metre jump on Sunday, August 4. He will compete in the event’s finals on Tuesday, August 6.

In other events, Greek high jumper Tatiana Gusin and hammer thrower Christos Frantzeskakis will make their Olympic final debuts this week. Frantzeskakis aims to improve his season’s best hammer throw of 76.86 metres.

Also among the finalists in her event on Sunday afternoon will be Greek skeet shooting athlete Emmanouela Katzouraki, who scored 50/50 shots in Sunday’s qualifying event.

Greece’s basketball team has advanced to the Olympic Games quarterfinal round after defeating Australia 77-71 and Serbia’s win against South Sudan on Sunday morning. The quarterfinal showdown will be on Tuesday, August 6, with the Greek team playing against Germany for a place in the semis.

In rowing, Greece gained two more bronze medals as Milena Kontou and Zoi Fitsiou placed third in the lightweight women’s double sculls on Friday, August 2.

Earlier, Antonis Papakonstantinou and Petros Gaidatzis won the bronze medal in the lightweight men’s double sculls.

Source: Ekathimerini.

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