The first day of the Paris Olympic Games, today Saturday, July 27, features several Greek entries.
In particular, Olympic medalists Lefteris Petrounias, Stefanos Douskos and Anna Korakaki will participate in the preliminaries of their events.
Furthermore, at noon, Stefanos Tsitsipas will start in the men’s individual, while the Greek swimmers will be in the battle for the distinction.
A first for the men’s basketball and women’s water polo teams, with opponents Canada and the USA respectively.
The Greek program in detail:
rowing
- 10:00 Men’s Skiff Qualification (Stefanos Douskos, Row 1)
Swimming
- 12:00 Women’s 100m butterfly heats (Anna Dutunaki, Georgia Damasioti)
- 1:30 pm Men’s 4X100m freestyle (Stergios Bilas/Andreas Vazaios/Kristian Golomeev/Odysseas Meladinis or Panagiotis Bolanos)
Instrumental gymnastics
- 13:20 Ring Qualifiers (Leuteris Petrounias)
tennis
- 13:00 Stefanos Tsitsipas – Zizou Bergs (first round of men’s singles)
Shooting
- 1:30 pm Women’s 10m pistol qualifiers (Anna Korakaki, Christina Moschi)
Women’s Water Polo
- 16:35 Greece – USA (Group B)
Men’s Basketball
- 22:00 Greece – Canada (Group A)