Greek performances in Tokyo have not all been successful so far.
In shooting, gold medalist Anna Korakaki didn’t manage to get a medal in the Women’s 10m air pistol on Sunday and finished sixth.
Korakaki earned 157.4 points, behind China’s Lin Yuemei.
The gold medal was won by Russian Vitalina Batsarashkina, who earned a total of 240.3 points.
Earlier , Eleftherios Petrounias, the Greek “Lord of the Rings,” qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games finals after a majestic performance in the qualifying round.
Petrounias got 15,333 points and is ready to fight for a medal in the final round. The finals will take place on August 2.
Three Greek athletes have qualified for the next rounds of their tournaments in rowing .
Anneta Kyridou ranked third in today’s Women’s Single Sculls and qualified for the next round of the Olympics regatta.
Christina Bourbou ranked first in her Women’s Pair Repechage, qualifying as well to the next round.
The third Greek athlete to achieve a qualification to the next round was 24-year old Stefanos Ntouskos.
Additionally, Greek table tennis champion Panagiotis Gionis breezed into the next round of Men’s singles, after an easy win over Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh with a score of 4-1.
In tennis Maria Sakkari celebrated her 26th birthday with an emphatic 6-1 6-2 win over Nina Stojanovic of Serbia in the second round of the Tokyo Games and faced late yesterday for a place in the third round of the tournament, whilst Stefanos Tsitsipas made his Olympics debut with a hard-fought 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany and set up a second-round showdown with American Frances Tiafoe (yesterday).
He also beat Tiafoe followed his successful “march” in the second round, against American Frances Tiafoe, whom he beat 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the third round.
