The “Golden Athlete”: Lefteris Petrounias becomes sixth-time European Champion on rings in Munich competition
FILE PHOTO: Πανηγυριζει, σε παλαιότερο αγώνα, ο Λευτέρης Πετρούνιας αμέσως μετά την ολοκλήρωση της προσπάθειάς του, σίγουρος για το “χρυσό”. EPA, GEORGIOS KEFALAS
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Gymnast Lefteris Petrounias became European champion at the rings for the sixth time at a European Championship meet, during the games in Munich on Sunday.
In the finals, “The Lord of the Rings” as his fans call him, was awarded a total of 15.133 points (6.200 for difficulty and 8.933 for execution), and had achieved a socre of 15.100 in the preliminaries.
He was followed by Turkey’s Adem Asil with a score of 15.033 points (silver medal) and the United Kingdom’s Courtney Tulloch with 14.866 (bronze).
Petrounias has remained unbeatable in European Championships since 2015, in both finals and prelims. His record of golds started in Montpellier (2015) to continue in Bern (2016), Cluj (2017), Glasgow (2018), Basel (2021), and Munich this year.
He missed the 2019 European Championships due to injury, while the 2020 one was never held due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Greek amateur athletes brought impressive results at the European Championships that are concluding in Munich on Sunday, as they struggled to qualify and to raise their rankings at the games that opened on August 11.
The following Greek athletes achieved European championship levels so far:
– Antigoni Ntrismpioti: Gold in Women’s Race Walking 35km, gold in the same for 20km (first woman to get double medals in the sport at European Championships)
– Miltos Tentoglou: Gold in Men’s Long Jump
– Elena Tzengko: Gold in Women’s Javelin Throw
– Antonis Papakonstantinou: Gold in Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls
– Katerina Stefanidi: Silver in Women’s Pole Vault
– Stefanos Ntouskos: Silver in Men’s Single Sculls
– Zoi Fitsiou: Silver in Lightweight Women’s Single Sculls
– Evangelia Anastasiadou: Silver in Women’s Single Sculls
Lefteris Petrounias: Gold at the rings
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