"Lady of the Mediterranean" Artymata with the conquest of her 3rd gold

The third gold medal that Eleni Artymata won at the Mediterranean Games makes her "Lady of the Mediterranean Games" and the best track and field athlete that Cyprus has ever won. In Tarragona, Spain, Artymata won the gold in the 400m. achieving at the same time a nationwide record with 51.19 and now aims for a very good presence at the European Championship in August.

According to EAK envoy Argyris Argyrou, having participated in four Mediterranean Games over a period of 13 years, Eleni Artymata won 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. These six medals keep her in the first place of our athletes with the most medals in Mediterranean Games and undoubtedly declare her as the "Lady of the Mediterranean".

The athlete has for the last 14 years as her coach Antonis Giannoulakis, who led her to great success, at European and global level. In Tarragona, the champion left the 200m, which was the event that gave her two gold medals in previous events and focused on her new sport, the 400m.

The time of 51.19 is able, if she repeats it, to give her a place in the final of the European Championship, which will be held in Berlin at the beginning of August.

"We really wanted this gold. I was very focused on the race. I wanted to fully implement my coach's tactics and I did not deviate from his orders at all. The competition with the Italians also helped me a lot and this time came. "I showed from the qualifiers, when from the first runway, at 10:00 in the morning, under the hot sun I made 51.77, that I could make the Pancyprian record and fortunately I did it and my third gold came in Mediterranean", he said speaking to the envoy of EAK.

Source: KYPE