THE Lefteris Petrounias The eighth gold medal in the European Championship was won in the final of Leipzig.
“Lord of the Rings”, Lefteris Petrounias, tied to the first place with Turkish Adem Asil With 14,400 points and grew his rich collection, which now consists of three Olympic medals including gold in Rio in Rio, three world titles and the record number of eight European securities.
At the same time, Petrounias became the only specialist in the whole history of the European Gymnastics Championships to have won ten medals in the same race!
At the end of the match, great moments unfolded, as Lefteris Petrounias and Adem Asil celebrated the gold medal together. The two champions were embraced, having equalized in the first place.
The award was also unprecedented, where two national hymns were heard, first the Greek and then the Turkish one.
At the highest step of the podium they both climbed, while in the second step of the podium there was no athlete.