WITH With Greece and Turkey facing two national tragedies, the 2023 European Indoor Championships will start tomorrow Thursday in Istanbul.. Among the Greek participants, the names of Miltos Tentoglou, Katerina Stefanidis and Nicole Kyriakopoulos stand out. Proceeds from the event, which will end on Sunday, will go to help those affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey. Matches will be broadcast on ERT3.

The Greek delegation consists of 19 sportsmen and women. They are: Men: 60m: Yiannis Nifanthopoulos, 800m: Christos Kotitsas, 60m: Kostas Duvalidis, height: Antonis Merlos, pole vault: Emmanuel Karalis, length: Miltos Tedoglu, triple jump: Dimitris Tsiamis, Nikos Andrikopoulos, Andreas Pantazis. Women: 60m. : Rafaela Spanoudaki, Polyniki Emmanouilidou, 400m: Irini Vasiliou, Andriana Ferra, 3000m: Anastasia Marinakou, 60m pole vault: Elisabeth Pesiridou, Anais Karagianni, pole vault: Katerina Stefanidis, Nicole Kyriakopoulou, triple jump: Spiridula Caridis.

The competitive program will start tomorrow afternoon (18.00) with the qualifiers. From the Greek side, Christos Kotitsas (800 m) will be the first to enter the Atakoy arena tomorrow, and at 18:53 the qualifying competition in the triple jump with Dimitris Tsiamis, Nikos Andrikopoulos and Andreas Pantazis will take place. Dimitris Tsiamis, 41, is the oldest athlete to compete in Istanbul. At 19:30 Anastasia Marinakova will take part in the 3000m race.

Her schedule Friday includes… the heavy artillery of Greek athletics. 08.10, Miltos Tendoglu will be looking for a vault that will see him reach Sunday’s long final, while at 08:15 Katerina Stefanidis and Nicole Kyriakopoulou will be aiming for the same in the pole vault.. The women’s pole vault final is scheduled for Saturday (18.05). At 09:40 there will be 400m qualifiers with Irini Vassiliou and Andriana Ferras, at 10:10 Spiridula Karidis will take part in the triple jump, and at 11:05 in the 60m qualifiers. Rafaela Spanoudakis, Polyniki Emmanouilou will run. In the afternoon program, interest in Greece reaches its peak thanks to the participation of Antonis Merlos.

Saturday morning program will open (08.04) with his participation Emmanuel Karalis in the pole vault at 08:20 during the 60m qualifying heats. Giannis Nifantopoulos will run. The morning games of the European Indoor Championships will continue with the women’s and men’s 60m hurdles, in which Elisabeth Pesiridou, Anais Karagianni and Kostas Duvalidis will take part.

The history of our country at the European Indoor Championships is 34 medals (7-15-12). The favorite for the medal is Miltos Tedoglu., which he also did not hide, as he said that “we will go to Istanbul for something good.” Other contenders for medals include Katerina Stefanidis, Nicole Kyriakopoulou and Emmanuel Karalis.

In pole vault, the big star of the sport is named Armand Duplantis, but the Swede has decided not to compete in Turkey. At the Atakoy Arena, among others, will be the Olympic gold medalist in the heptathlon Nafisatu Thiam (Belgium), who will win her third European indoor gold medal, as well as the silver Olympic champion in the heptathlon. decathlon Kevin Mayer, who will try for the third time to climb to the first place of the European podium in the heptathlon.