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Apostolos Christou made history at the Paris Olympics, despite finishing fourth.
The Greek swimmer finished fourth in the final of the 100m backstroke with 52 ́ ́41, losing the bronze in the last hand to American Ryan Murphy by just 0.2 hundredths of a second (52 ́ ́39).
The winner was the Italian world record-holder Thomas Cecon with 52 ́ ́00 and the second was the Chinese Jiawu Shu with 52 ́ ́32.
In any case, Christou made the best appearance of a Greek swimmer in the history of the event in a pool, while at the same time this is so far the best position for the Greek delegation in Paris 2024.
On the contrary, Dimitris Markos was eliminated in the heats in the 800m freestyle, staying away from his good self, as he finished 7th in the second heat, with a time of 8.01.47.
In the semifinals Papakonstantinou and Gaidatzis
Antonis Papakonstantinou-Petros Gaidatzis competed in the men's lightweight double skiff rematch at the Paris Olympic Regatta, finished in first place and went through to the semi-final of the Olympic Games.
The Greek crew will now compete on Wednesday, July 31 at noon, claiming their qualification to the grand final.
Dora Gountoura in the octet
The Greek fencing athlete fought against Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and world No. 5 Manon Apiti-Brunet, but lost on points 15-13. Earlier, she had won 15-3 against Brindamour of Canada and 15-7 against France's Cecilia Berder, reaching the top 8 of the tournament.
On the 16th Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas
In the third round of the Olympic Tournament qualified Maria Sakkari winning 2-0 sets against Yuan Yue.
The Sakkari He took the first set 6-2, while in the second he lost just one game (6-1), after 1 hour and 6 minutes of play.
Also, the Stefanos Tsitsipas he won 2-0 sets (6-1, 6-2) against Daniel Evans in less than an hour to advance to the round of 16 in men's singles.
Disqualification from the first match for Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas in mixed doubles tennis, at the Paris Olympic Games.
The experienced Dutch duo of Demi Sours/Wesley Kulhoff prevailed 2-0 sets (6-4, 7-6/3) against the Greek champions, who had played earlier on Monday in the women's and men's singles.
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