Synchronized swimming technical world champion Evangelia Platanioti achieved second place at the freestyle event at the Doha World Aquatics Championship on Tuesday.
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Greek artistic swimmer Evangelia Platanioti clinched gold in the women’s solo technical final of the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Saturday.
Greek swimming champion Anna Doundounaki has made history as on Sunday she became a champion in the 25-meter-pool Europeans.
The Thessaly Water Directorate announced on Thursday a temporary swimming ban for all coasts of the Magnesia and Larissa regions, central Greece, excluding the beaches in Northern Sporades, after the floods caused by the deadly storm Daniel.
Scientists from the Center for Ecological Research published on Thursday their annual evaluation of the beaches in the southern coast of Attica.
Greece’s Apostolos Christou celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the men’s 50m backstroke final at the European Championships in Rome on Monday.
Greece’s Evangelia Platanioti reached fourth place in the women’s solo technical final of artistic swimming at the European swimming championships, in Rome, on Friday.
A custom sit-ski wheelchair has been donated to a Greek Paralympic athlete by Piraeus Container Terminal
Greece’s Evangelia Platanioti performs during the women’s solo free preliminary at the FINA World Championships, in Budapest, Hungary on Monday.
Antonis Tsapatakis has won a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke SB4 at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Gold medalist, Ben Popham of Australia, celebrates on the podium next to silver medalist, Andrei Nikolaev of the Russian Paralympic Committee, and bronze medalist, Dimosthenis Michalentzakis of Greece in men’s 100m freestyle.
Stephania Haralabidis was 12 when she decided she was done with competitive swimming. She hated the stress and anxiety that it brought on for her.
Evangelia Platanioti of Greece performs during the solo free final of artistic swimming of European Aquatics Championships in Duna Arena in Budapest, Wednesday.
Greece has completed a remarkable tally of four medals, including two golds, by the end of the European Short-Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow, with Andreas Vazaios having the Greek national anthem played twice in his honor.
Kristian Golomeev earned Greece’s second ever World Championship medal in swimming on Saturday, as he finished second at the 50 meters freestyle final at FINA’s event in South Korea.
The Greek Women’s Free Combination Team advanced Thursday to their event’s final at the FINA 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, achieving the sixth highest score among the 12 teams that qualified. The final will take place Friday afternoon. [Reuters]
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