Katerina Stefanidi

Greek pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi did not win a medal in the women's pole vault final at Paris 2024 on Wednesday, finishing in 9th place after failing to clear 4.80 meters.

Miltos Tentoglou managed to increase Greece’s medal count to 7 yesterday, winning the first gold for the Greek team at the Olympic Games in Paris. This achievement elevated Greece from 52nd to 29th place with 1 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze medals.

Paul vaulter Ariadne Adamopoulou withdrew from the women's pole vault final at the Olympics on Tuesday due to injury.

The 24-year-old athlete announced on social media that she would miss the final because of an injury she sustained in the preliminary round.

An MRI she underwent on Tuesday revealed a second-degree strain.

Greece's Katerina Stefanidi qualified for the women's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics on Monday after clearing 4.55 meters on her second attempt. 

The 34-year-old, who won gold at the Rio Olympics, will be joined in Wednesday's final by 23-year-old Ariadni Adamopoulou, who cleared 4.40 meters. 

Eleni-Klaoudia Polak, 27, was eliminated after failing to clear 4.20 meters.

Katerina Stefanidi will participate for the 3rd time in the World Indoor Championships

Olympic gold medalist Miltos Tentoglou recorded the best effort in Europe this year measuring 8.38 meters at the long jump event of the Greek Championships on Sunday.

Tentoglou had all four jumps of his above 8.10 m. but his last effort in the final of the championships at Volos gave him the third best jump in the world so far this season, with a favorable wind at just 0.4 m/sec.

Munich – Slovenia’s Tina Šutej won bronze in the pole vault at the European Athletics Championships on Wednesday, finishing with a height of 4.75 metres, close to her personal best of 4.76 metres in outdoor competitions.

The 33-year-old cleared all heights in the first try up until the 4.70 mark and then mustered 4.75 metres in the first attempt as well.

Gold medallist pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi, a vocal proponent for postponing the Tokyo Games last year, is backing the Games to be held this July, with or without spectators.

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi issued on Sunday a positive reaction to the postponement of the Olympic Games to 2021, having previously been an outspoken advocate of this measure.

The International Olympic Committee is putting the health of elite athletes at risk by telling them to continue training for the Tokyo 2020 Games as the coronavirus rages, reigning Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi told Reuters on Tuesday.

"There is no postponement, no cancellation. But it (the IOC) is putting us at risk," the Greek said in an exclusive interview.