The great winner of the 10 km race in the Athens Marathon, Anastasia Marinakou, was welcomed to the Hellenic Olympic Committee the President Isidoros Kouvelosa few days after her success in the specific race where she also achieved a course record.
Mr. Kouvelos invited the endurance road champion to congratulate her and to announce to her that she will join the “Adopt an Athlete on the Road to Los Angeles” program, which will now be managed exclusively by the EOE and which will receive the financial support from the sponsors and transfer it directly to the athletes.
“We believe in you and for this reason we decided to include you in the sponsorship program of the Hellenic Olympic Committee. You have great potential and can achieve a lot, as was shown in your last match and you deserve congratulations. We want you to give everything to qualify for the Los Angeles Olympic Games,” Isidoros Kouvelos told Marinakou, to which she replied: “What you do for me is very important and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. My big dream is to participate in the Olympic Games and I will pursue it with all my strength. Thank you again.”
Immediately after the meeting with Mr. Kouvelos, Marinakou left for South Africa where she will prepare for more than a month.