National deaf women’s team on top of the world
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Greece’s national women’s team won gold in basketball at the Deaflympics held in Turkey on Saturday.
The Greeks, who also are the European champions since last summer, triumphed 67-50 at the final against Lithuania to climb to the top of the world at the event for the hearing-impaired athletes.
The players of coach Athina Zerva pulled away in the last quarter of the final, having led by just one point (39-38) after 30 minutes.
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos sent a message of congratulations to the national team.