Lefteris Petrounias

Approximately 17,000 athletes competed this year in the Olympic Games in Paris. However, only a few left with their heads held high, knowing they made their entire country proud.

A short while ago, Greece’s Olympic team returned to the country on an AEGEAN flight from Paris.

Greece secured 8 medals at the Paris Olympic Games, including 1 gold, 1 silver, and 6 bronze. The only gold medal was won by Miltos Tentoglou in long jump, who drew all the photographers’ attention.

Gymnast Lefteris Petrounias earned a medal for the third straight Olympics in the men's rings Sunday, a bronze.

Petrounias has also won gold in 2016 and another bronze in 2021.

From Rio to Tokyo and now Paris! The 33-year-old Lefteris Petrounias, a medal collector and king of the rings, has done it again!

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Greece and Canada have faced each other 13 times at the men’s level, with the “official favorite” (Greece) holding 7 victories. Their most recent encounter was in Victoria on June 29, 2021, where the hosts of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament emerged victorious with a score of 97-91.

Today marks the first day of the Olympic Games competitions following the official opening ceremony, and the Greek flag will be represented in both individual and team sports.

Greece will participate in seven different sports on this first day of competition, Saturday, July 27.

Tomorrow, Paris will host the world’s premier sporting event for the first time in a century, welcoming the planet’s most photogenic champions from 206 countries. The aim is to restore the Olympic Games to their former glory after the challenges of Rio and the empty stands of Tokyo, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Will the €7.5 billion invested be enough to achieve this

Two weeks from the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, the world’s premier sporting event where the greatest athletes meet every four years, aiming for the highest distinction.

Greek gymnast Lefteris Petrounias, affectionately nicknamed the "Lord of the Rings", again placed first at the European championships on Sunday in Munich, winning his sixth gold medal in the specific tournament for the steady rings event.

Greek artistic gymnast Lefteris Petrounias has clinched the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics with a score of 15.200.

Chinese gymnast Liu Yang earned the gold medal with a score of 15.500 and You Hao, also of China won the silver with 15.300.