Katerina Stefanidi

Greece's Katerina Stefanidi celebrates after a successful attempt in the women's pole vault final at the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, late Thursday. The 28-year-old added another gold medal to her big-event collection. She wrapped up her latest victory with a third-time clearance at 4.85 meters. Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, 32, won silver with a 4.80 m jump.

Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi won the 6th Athens Street Pole Vault on Friday, held at Syntagma Square in central Athens, clearing 4.80 meters.

This performance was her best for the season so far, as she had only managed 4.64 m. until Friday.

Stefanidi, also the world champion, tried to break her own national record of 4.91 m. but failed three times to clear 4.92 m.

The winning streak of Katerina Stefanidi came to an end in Birmingham, as the Olympic pole vault champion finished third at the World Indoor Championships on Saturday, to earn Greece's sole medal in the event. Teenage sensation Emmanouil Karalis finished fifth in the men's pole vault.

Greek teenage sensation Emmanouil Karalis broke the world junior indoor record in pole vault on Sunday at the national championship that took place in Piraeus.

The 18-year-old Cretan cleared 5.78 meters to win the championship and beat the world record for under-20s by three centimeters.

SOCCER: Greece manager Michael Skibbe voiced his anger at FIFA for the ban on Costas Manolas: "Sometimes FIFA makes some 'special' decisions, and this is a 'special' one. I do not know how they decided that ... What FIFA has done is not right," the German manager stated on Monday.

TRACK & FIELD: Pole-vault sensation Katerina Stefanidi received the award of the best female athlete in track and field in Europe for 2017, having swept its opponents in the World Championship, the European Indoor Championship and all IAAF Golden League meetings she took part in this year. She is the first Greek athlete to secure such a distinction.

European indoor and world pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi has been crowned female European Athlete of the Year at the Golden Tracks in Vilnius! “This award is an honour for both me and Greece and I hope it brings more young people to the sport”, Katerina said while receiving her prize.

TRACK & FIELD: Pole vault sensation Katerina Stefanidi extended its unbeaten run to 15 triumphs winning the Diamond League final in Brussels on Friday clearing 4.85 meters. Stefanidi completed a perfect 2017, poaching IAAF's diamond for the second year in a row.

A bright moment is a rare but welcome occurrence in a country going through the seventh year of a multifaceted crisis and whose residents are sick and tired of the repeated dead-ends they come up against.

Greek pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi winning the gold medal at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday night was one such moment.

Katerina Stefanidi has added the World Championship title in London to her Olympic gold medal in Rio last year, after triumphing in the pole vault final on Sunday with a national record of 4.91 meters. She actually finished 16 centimeters above competition on the nght.