Opportunity to secure qualification for and at the World Championships in Athletics Olympic Games at home will be our champions from high-speed roads. On June 3rd at the Vari Municipal Stadium “Konstantinos Baglatzis” the international meeting “Dromea 2013” will take place. Athletes from 15 countries, five national teams, Olympians and world champions announced their participation. The matches will start at 19.00, the entrance for fans will be free.

Fans of classic sports who will be in Vari on June 3 will have the opportunity to see, among other things, Christophe Lemaitre (2012 Olympic bronze medalist in the 4×100 and 2016 200m), two world medals and nine at the European Championships), Richard Kilty (60m world champion and European 4×100 champion) and Andrea Miklos (3rd place at the 2016 World Indoor Championships with the Romanian 4×400 team, European Junior Champion and 3rd place under 23 400m ). Of course, our best champions will also be in the starting lineup. “These competitions help us get better. It’s great that such famous runners come to Greece. Efforts like those of the Tracks can only benefit our sport. I can’t wait to be in the stadium on Saturday and try to improve my time,” Rafaela Spanoudaki told www.kathimerini.gr.

“Strong racing in all forms”

The international meeting has been held since 2018, it is attended by national sprint teams and individual athletes. It bears the “stamp” of one of the fastest Greek athletes in one-breath racing, Haris Papadias. “Racing in all competitions will be strong. Great foreign athletes and female athletes are expected to pull the Greeks for good performances. The spectacle is expected to be spectacular. I want to thank the administration of the UAC for providing sports equipment,” the world champion and technical director of the Games emphasized.

“Dromea 2023” is a joint organization of JSC Vari “Dromeas” and the Municipality of Vari, Voula, Vouliagmeni. “As a municipality, we support sports. When you invest in areas like sports, it’s like investing in the future. Dromia is getting better every year and we strive to take it even higher,” the mayor of Vari, Voula Vouliagmeni Grigoris Constandellos, said during a press conference.

First meeting for the disabled

For the first time, an international race for the disabled will take place at an international Greek meeting, the results of which will be taken into account at the international level. Our “golden” winner of the Paralympic Games Nassos Havelas, among others, will take part in this. “Nassos will try to achieve a great performance in front of the Greek public. Our athletes will compete with some of the best sprinters in Europe. They will be able to improve their time and qualify for qualification for the World and Olympic Games. I would like to thank our sponsors, because without them we would not have been able to organize such a wonderful meeting in our country. The event will be held with the main supporters of the Attica region, GGA, Kallisti AMKE, Admiral, Chitos AEVEE, Saint Laurence, Aigeas AMKE, under the auspices of SEGAS and with the communication sponsor ERT,” emphasized Games Director Ariadni Dada. .

This year the Seminar on Volunteering in Sports and Social Services of the Department of Sports Organization and Management of the University of Peloponnese will measure the impact of the race. Responsible for coordination will be Rafaelia Nicoletta Kalliupi, PhD student at EKPA and PhD student at the University of the Peloponnese. The event has been included in the World Federation’s Continental Tour International Athletics Series and participants will qualify for limits for the World Championships in Budapest and points for the World Athletics Ranking System.