The first smiles were given to our country by Gabriella Fella, after she won the gold medal in women's shot put with an impressive shot of 15,81m. The award was made by the general manager of KOE Charalambos Lottas.
On Thursday night (1/6/17) the Cypriot athletes secured 5 first places, 3 second and 2 third, recording some quite good performances. The start of the second day of the race in the track, included the "empty" sports for Cyprus, since we did not have an athlete in the 400m. men's and women's hurdles and in women's length, sports that we could win with some athletes.
At 1.500m. Natalia Evangelidou could not withstand the pressure of Luxembourg and finished 2nd with 4: 22.15.
The second gold medal in our country was awarded by Christos Dimitriou in the 1.500m. men (4: 00.36), making an excellent race together with Theofanis Michailas (4: 01.26), who finished 3rd behind the athlete from Andorra. Andreas Christou gave a silver medal with a personal record in Cyprus in the discus throw, throwing 59,74m, 24 cm behind the winner Iceland. In the same event, Christoforos Genethlis was 4th with 54,05m. The effort of Dagmara Handzlik in the 10.000m was also quite good, finishing second with 37: 10.12
Nikandros Stylianou confirmed his very good competitive condition in the short jump, after scoring three times (5,20m., 5,40m., 5,55m.) He won another gold for our country. In fact, Stylianou tried to catch the limit for the London World Championship, but failed in all three attempts at 5,70m. The fourth gold came from Nikolas Frangou, who ran at his own pace in the 3.000m. steeple, winning the match at 9: 08.18. The women's 400m was again a Cypriot affair, since Christiana Katsari, although she ran in the outside treadmill, managed to reach the finish line first with 55.01, while Kalliopi Kountouri won the bronze medal in the first round with 57.06. Finally, in the only race in which we took part and did not win a medal was the 400m. men, since Onisiforos Anastasiou was 5th with 49.51 and Andreas Misiara 8th with 49.99.
Unsports… Luxembourg
The fury of Luxembourg saves and well wins the Games of Small States of Europe lead the people in charge of this rich state to unsportsmanlike activities. In particular, his behavior on the track has exceeded all limits, after he took care with incredible objections to put out of action from the 400m. obstacles Christiana Katsari, while she insists on the non-participation of Amin Hadiri in the 10.000m, after they "hurt" with the victory of our champion in the 5.000m. The bad thing is that in their actions they have the support of the head of the International Federation (IAAF) for these games and we do not know how far they can go. We have already seen a huge favor in the men's basketball game between us, to get the disputed points in women's volleyball and in general to be "irritated" by all their arrogant behavior.
ATHLETIC RESULTS
1st Gabriela Fella (shot put) 15,81m.
1st Nikandros Stylianou (short distance) 5,55m.
1st Christos Dimitriou (1.500m.) 4: 00.36
1st Nikolas Frangou (3.000m steeplechase) 9: 08.18
1st Christiana Katsari (400m) 55.01
2nd Natalia Evangelidou (1.500m) 4: 22.15
2nd Andreas Christou (discus throw) 59,74m.
2nd Dagmara Handzlik (10.000m) 37: 10.12
3rd Theofanis Michailas (1.500m.) 4: 01.26
3rd Kalliopi Kountouri (400m.) 57.06
4th Christoforos Birthday (discus throw) 54,05m.
5th Onisiforos Anastasiou (400m.) 49.51
8th Andreas Misiara (400m) 49.99
Source: SigmaLive