94th NATIONAL GREEK CHAMPIONSHIPS
Day three of the 94th Nationwide Greek Championships unfolded final night time from Thessaloniki with a nationwide report being damaged on the lads’s facet.
Racing within the last of the 200m backstroke, 19-year-old Apostolos Siskos ripped a lifetime better of 1:54.66 to beat the sector by over 2 seconds en path to gold.
Siskos cut up 56.02/58.64 to get to the wall first, defeating Olympic medalist Apostolos Christou within the course of. Christou settled for silver in 1:57.08 whereas Apostolos Papastamos produced 1:58.76 for bronze.
Coming into this competitors, Siskos’ career-swiftest efficiency rested on the 1:55.18 notched simply final month on the Large Open. That efficiency was comprised of splits of 56.91/58.27.
As for the Greek nationwide report, the prior benchmark stood on the 1:54.82 Christou put up as he captured silver finally yr’s Olympic Video games.
Subsequently, Sisko’s 1:54.66 consequence right here would have made the teenager the Olympic silver medalist, only a hair behind gold medalist Hubert Kos of Hungary’s gold medal-winning effort of 1:54.26.
Christou has already certified for the World Championships on this occasion because of that Paris efficiency, whereas Siskos additional solidified his slot on the roster together with his monster new report.
Siskos’ consequence right here now places him atop the world rankings on the season, dethroning Kos.
Submit-race, Siskos advised the Greek Swimming Federation, “It truly is a yr that I didn’t anticipate the scoreboard to jot down.
“That is the magic of sports activities. Many congratulations to Apostolos who helped me overcome myself and handle to have an excellent race collectively. I’ve not realized what has occurred, it is rather constructive for the long run. Head down, laborious work, for the very best to return. I believe I discovered to handle my stress and imagine in myself. Greece is now a vital drive overseas.”
Further Notes
Dimitrios Markos made it occur for gold within the males’s 400m free, producing a time of three:48.13 as the only real swimmer of the sector to delve beneath the three:50 threshold. His time was sufficient to dip beneath the World Aquatics ‘A’ commonplace of three:48.15 by a slim .02. Markos is the nationwide report holder on this occasion, courtesy of the three:47.44 placed on the books when he earned silver finally yr’s European Championships.
29-year-old Anna Ntountounaki had a battle on her fingers within the ladies’s 100m fly however the veteran pulled out the win in 57.27, a brand new season finest and the 2nd finest efficiency of her profession. Her time right here was solely .02 exterior the Greek nationwide report of 57.25 she registered on the 2020 Olympic Video games. Georgia Damasioti was proper behind Ntountounaki within the race, placing up a powerful displaying of 57.50 to additionally qualify for the World Championships. That represents a brand new private finest for the 21-year-old, overtaking her earlier PB of 57.74 logged en path to changing into the silver medalist finally yr’s European Championships.
