Lefteris Petrounias made his debut at the “Paris 2024” Olympic Games looking very good, which essentially guarantees his qualification for the rings final.
In the preliminary round of men’s gymnastics at the Bersi stadium, the Greek Olympian scored 14,800 points (difficulty level: 6,300, execution score: 8,500) with an excellent performance of the same program that earned him the European title last May in Rimini and silver at last year’s world championships in Antwerp.
His performance puts him at the top of the ring rankings just before the conclusion of the first of the three qualifying groups, and it is considered certain that the 33-year-old Greek will remain among the eight privileged finalists until the end next Sunday (04/08).
Petrounias now awaits the efforts of his main competitors, who will participate in the next groups of the day.
Group 2 in the afternoon (4:30pm – 7:00pm) will feature Chinese Olympic and world title holder Yang Liu, his compatriot, 2022 world championship silver medallist Jingyuan Zhou, and experienced Frenchman Samir Ait Said.
In the evening, the 3rd group (21:00 – 23:30) will compete among others the Turkish Adem Asil, winner of the 2022 world championship and the 2023 European championship.
The finalists for the rings, like all other competitions, will be announced after the conclusion of the last group, tonight at 11:30pm Greek time.