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German Hockey Player Tweets Against Greek Athletes ‘Cowardly Fake’
The German National Olympic Committee rushed to condemn the “cowardly fake” Tweet post spread through the Internet on Friday concerning an alleged racist comment made by German hockey athlete Natascha Keller aiming at the Greek athletes of the London...
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Greek Athletes Have Secured Participation in 20 Sports at the London 2012 Olympics
96 Greek athletes have already secured their participation in 20 sports event out of 36 at the London 2012 Olympic Games beginning in July.
More specifically, our Greek champions will compete in athletics, sailing, swimming, gymnastics, judo, rowing, taekwondo, cycling,...
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Greek Siblings Launch App to Connect Over 10,000 Athletes
A platform popular with tens of thousands of athletes worldwide, Racecheck, was created by Greek siblings Alexandros and Katerina Tanti. The app was inspired by the duo's love for triathlons.
Together, the siblings created the Racecheck website, to be accompanied...
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The Greek Mermaid of Synchronized Swimming is Headed to Tokyo
Greek synchronized swimmer Evangelia Platanioti dazzled when she won two medals at the European Aquatics Championships on Saturday.
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Refugee Athletes Can Compete in Olympics
Top refugee athletes with no home country to represent will be allowed to compete at the 2016 Rio Games, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly.
A resolution, which was supported by...
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Greek Physiotherapist Runs 46 Hours Across the Alps to Finish UTMB
Alexandra Tsoukaneli, a 33-year-old physiotherapist from Ioannina, northern Greece, was the first Greek woman to finish the 170-kilometer Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), one of the most popular sporting events in the world. "It is a physical and mental test,"...
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Greek Basketball Coach Itoudis Voted Best in Russian League
Greek basketball coach Dimitris Itoudis was voted coach of the year in Russia's VTB league, leading CSKA to a great season culminating in the Euroleague Final Four.
This is Itoudis' second season as head coach and his first with CSKA...
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Greek Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Travels to Minsk
The Greek rhythmic gymnastics team will travel to Minsk, Belarus, where it will represent the country at the European Championship from May 1 to 3.
The team will include Varvara Filiou and Korina Alevrogianni who will participate as individuals, as well...
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With the Greek Olympic Team in Sochi (Video)
On Friday, the athletes of the Greek Olympic team had their first encounter with the Olympic slopes at the 12th Olympic Winter Games, held 2014 in Sochi, Russia. The Olympic team who has been in Sochi since Thursday seems...
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Keep Counting Medals – Greek Paralympic Team Hits 12
The Greek Paralympic team will come back home with a lot of medals, unlike the Greek Olympic team which had one of its worst performances. Greek athletes earned two more medals Sept. 8 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games,...
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British The Sun Mocks Greek Athlete Vassiliki Arvaniti
At first, international media were joking about the Greek national football team which participated in the European championship of 2012. They did not like their everyday clothes, the coffees they were drinking or their Mediterranean look with sun-tanned bodies...
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“Ancient Greek Olympic Games Were Totally Corrupted” Says British Documentary
The documentary 'The Ancient Greek Olympics' broadcast by British Channel 4 shows a different view of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, clearly more corrupt and more 'hot' than what comes to mind when modern people think about the...
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London Mayor’s Greek Olympic Ode Features Bolt
London Mayor Boris Johnson won cheers from Olympic officials after reciting a specially composed ode in ancient Greek, complete with references to athletes like Usain Bolt, at a gala ahead of the Games.
At Monday's event, Johnson declaimed in Greek...
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Greek Swimming Team Excels at the 12th Finswimming Junior World Championship in Austria
The Greek swimming team excelled during the 12th Finswimming Junior World Championship (July 15-20 2012) in Graz, Austria. Our country is more than proud for the 11 medals the Greek athletes returned with (2 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze).
Greek...
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ΒΒC Reports on Greek Olympic Legacy Fading Away Amidst the Debt Crisis
The Greek Olympic team to compete at the upcoming London Olympics 2012 is going through all the harsh consequences brought on by the debt crisis that is plaguing the country for the fifth year in a row. The BBC...