Greek Cypriot color had its pedestal pounding At the European Championship K23 in Bergen, as George Papanastasiou and Yiannis Korakidis were found next to the Cypriot winner, Joseph Kesidis.
George Papanastasiou won the silver medal in the pounding, with a shot at 72.98 meters and Yiannis Korakidis took the third place and the bronze medal with a shot at 72.51 meters. The gold medal was received by Cypriot Joseph Kesidis with a shot at 74.87 meters, which is also a Cypriot record for this level.
With these two medals, Greece reached three in the European K23 in Bergen, as the bronze medal from Polynesian Emmanouilidou had preceded the 100 meters.