Impressive start for Greek mission to the European Championship bathing Young K23, held in Samorin, Slovakia. Greek athletes celebrated the conquest of three medals (one for each color) in a very good performance.
After the gold medal of Apostolos Siskos in the 200 meters back, Georgia Damasiotis was in the podium, winning the silver medal in the 100 meters butterfly with a performance of 58.06. The ocean champion finished second behind Belgian Ruso Vanotterdaik (57.10), repeating with her the ranking of last year’s European men/women in Belgrade. The podium was completed by Briton Lucy Griff with 58.71.
The bronze medal was added to the collection of Greece by Artemis Vassilakis, who first climbed her career on the Podium of a large event, finishing Tuesday at 800 meters free with a time of 8: 34.35. The 19 -year -old Athlete of Triton Heraklion was very close to the Panhellenic Women’s Record she holds (8: 34.13), taking the rematch for last year’s exclusion from medals in his European Vilnius. The first was the German Maya Werner with 8: 29.53, while the second was Polish Claudia Tarasievic with 8: 33.93.
In the “slow” 800m series. Free, Georgia Makri participated, which scored 9: 13.14 and ranked 11th in total.
Also noteworthy was the presence of the Grand Star of the Games, David Popovici. The Paris Olympic gold medalist from Romania dominated the 200m final. Free, marking the top performance of the year worldwide with 1: 43.64.
Reporting a gold, a silver and a bronze medal before the first day of the races was completed, the Greek mission shows that it has set a sack for an excellent run at the European Youth Championship K23.