The lord of the rings, Lefteris Petrounias, shocked Greece and enchanted the world. Gold Olympian the Greek champion performing a program that reached perfection won the gold medal in the rings, which was the second for Greece at the Rio Olympics after that of Anna Korakaki in shooting!
The top Greek coach was impressive and forced the judges not to favor the Brazilian Arthur Zanetti. The Greek gymnast got 9.200 points for the execution of his program, making an impressive and unmistakable exit.
Zanetti, who played last, climbed to second place with 15.766 points and Dennis Ambliazin was third with 15.700. Fourth was the Chinese Liu who was considered one of the favorites for a medal.
"Yes, my friend, yes, Greece! In every statement I have made so far I have said "let's go to Greece", because we have the soul to go where we deserve. And here we came to do that. To hear the National Anthem in Rio. For me it is the most important thing to sound. I want to dedicate it to my father, to my coach and to Greece ", he initially commented, while for the… secret, which classifies him as one of the top gymnasts, he said:
"There is no secret, we have worked hard. We prepared very hard. It takes work, patience and a little luck. I did not have any injuries after the European Championship and I had the time to train non-stop ".
The final ranking:
1. Lefteris Petrounias (Greece) 16.000
2.Arthur Zanetti (Brazil) 15.766
3. Dennis Amblyazin (Russia) 15.700
4. Yang Liu (China) 15.600
5. Igor Radivilov (Ukraine) 15.466
6. Hao Yu (China) 15.400
7. Danny Pineiro (France) 15.233
8. Dennis Gussens (Belgium) 14.933
See his tremendous effort:
Source: Goal.com.cy