Greece completed a strong two-day showing at the Balkan Athletics Championships in Volos, finishing with thirty-nine medals, including eleven golds.
The host nation’s final tally stood at eleven gold, sixteen silver, and twelve bronze medals, with results spread across track, field, and relay events. Greece added five golds, eight silvers and six bronzes on the second day alone.
Turkey topped the gold-medal table with thirteen titles, but Greece’s overall haul confirmed one of the standout team performances of the championships.
Greece’s Dimitris Tsiamis claims triple jump bronze medal at Balkan Championships
Dimitris Tsiamis once again delivered for Greece in the men’s triple jump, adding a bronze medal to the country’s total. The 44-year-old opened with a jump of 16.15 meters and a wind reading of +0.7. His second attempt was also beyond the 16-meter mark but was ruled a foul. Tsiamis then improved on his third attempt, reaching 16.18 meters with a +1.3 wind reading.
Having achieved his target mark, the veteran Greek jumper chose to forfeit his final three attempts, resulting in a bronze for the athlete and placing him on the Balkan Championships podium for the fifth time in his career. Meanwhile, Turkey’s Can Özüpek won the event with a jump of 16.46 meters.
Balla takes bronze in women’s 5,000 meters
Greece also reached the podium in the women’s 5,000 meters, where Ntenisa Balla claimed bronze with a season-best time of 16:32.05. Her performance added another distance-running medal to Greece’s tally. Eirini Tsoupaki also produced a strong race, finishing fourth in 16:53.56.
The title went to Turkey’s Edibe Yağız, who won gold in 16:17.50.
Women’s 4×400 relay wins silver
The Greek women’s 4×400-meter relay team added a silver medal to the country’s closing total. Rafaelia Giannoulidou, Ioulianna Roussou, Katerina Grigoriadou and Anastasia Rapti combined for a time of 3:38.05, securing second place in one of the final events of the championships.
In the men’s 4×400 meters, Greece finished fourth. Spyros Giannis Konidaris, Vangelis Kaikis, Kyriakos Tsikilis and Giannis Simoni completed the race in 3:09.88.
Greece Wraps Up Balkan Athletics Championships With 39 Medals, Including 11 Golds 2026 IUSTITIA.BG – Investigations 2009-2026 2026-06-22 15:44:07 Latest news, world news, country news, most important news, latest news, most important, latest of the day, Justice, Petar Nizamov, Feathers, Petar Nizamov- Feathers, Justice bg, iustitia.bg, iustitia, iusticia, usticia, investigation, Burgas, Bulgaria, news, breaking news, news of the day, news of today, news from today, Bulgaria news, The news from Bulgaria, blitz news, top news, most important, most commented, latest news, Boyko Borisov, news, weather, coronavirus, news, news, weather, facebook, youtube, facebook, instagram, today’s news, last minute news, news today, today’s news, news, bg news, leading news, hot news, bg news, news site, all news, news bg, last hour news, latest, latest news bg, news from today, news today, last hour news, latest news, today, news bg, news, news vesti, 24 hours news, vesti bg novini, world news, bird bg, bivol bg, bivol, trud bg novini, latest news today, novinite bg news, hello bulgaria, political party coat of arms, delyan peevski, scandalous, bulgarian national television, free europe, television, scandal, exclusive, live, live tv right now, tv, tv online, tv program, bg, live now, tv news, online, live tv online, court, burgas court, burgas district court, burgas court, burgas district court, burgas district court, burgas district court, burgas court of appeal, burgas prosecutor, burgas prosecutor’s office, burgas district prosecutor’s office, burgas district prosecutor’s office, chief prosecutor, ivan geshev, prosecutor geshev, tsatsarov, mvr burgas, odmvr burgas, odp burgas, police burgas, district police burgas, prosecutor tsatsarov, sgs cases, court varna, chairman of the Supreme Court of Justice, court decisions in civil cases, decisions in cases, Plovdiv court, court decision, case decisions, Varna court, criminal, cases, district, district court decisions, work in court, Supreme Court of Justice chairman, Supreme Court judges, Sofia court, deputy judges, Plovdiv, Plovdiv court, judges Plovdiv, Supreme Court, Inspectorate of the Supreme Court of Justice, Supreme Judicial Council, Supreme Court, Supreme Judicial Council, lawyer, lawyer criminal cases, lawyer civil cases, lawyer matrimonial cases, lawyer administrative, criminal law, criminal process, civil law, civil process, administrative law, constitutional law,
