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Spyros Capralos, Head of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and member of the International Olympic Committee, hands over the Olympic Flame to the Beijing 2022 organizers. Credit: Hellenic Olympic CommitteeGreece handed over the Olympic flame for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 to its organizers during a ceremony in the historic Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on…
Greek Artistic Swimming Team Quarantined After COVID-19 Positive Test at Tokyo Olympics Greek Artistic Swimming team during the qualifier. Credit: Hellenic Olympic Committee The Greek artistic swimming team has been quarantined in a hotel after traveling with an assistant who tested positive for COVID-19. The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced that the assistant had tested positive after arriving at the airport in Tokyo and is currently quarantined in a separate hotel from the artistic swimming team. Evangelia Platanioti was the first member of the team to test positive. Platanioti received...
Olympian shooter and Sakkari’s Olympic Village roommate Anna Korakaki was also present for the celebrations. Everyone wished the 26-year-old a happy birthday with many successes. President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos also sent through his well wishes, but could not be present in person as he was watching the Stefanos Tsitsipas compete at that time. “You know what my wish is. It’s a very special birthday for me. What you’ve done for me is incredibly special and I will remember it forever,” Sakkari said after thanking them all.
Evangelia Psarra has qualified for her sixth Olympic Games. Credit: Hellenic Olympic CommitteeGreek archer Evangelia Psarra secured a place earlier this week for the Tokyo Olympic Games for the sixth time in her illustrious career.Psarra managed to reach the semifinals of the pre-Olympic tournament, which was held in Paris, and secured one of the last…
Olympiacos players celebrate after winning the European Cup. Credit: Facebook/Hellenic Olympic CommitteeThe water-polo women of Olympiacos won a hard-fought battle over Hungarian side Dunaujvaros to secure their second triumph in the Euro League on Saturday.The lead was exchanging constantly as the finalists tried to overplay the extremely organized defenses and beat the goalies who offered…