The spotlight is on the Monozygos final and on Marios Georgiou – The three Cypriot sailors continue their effort in Marseille
The lights are on today Monday at the Bercy Arena and the final of the Monozygos in in which the Cypriot champion, , takes partMarios Georgiou.
Georgiou qualified for the Monozygos final on August 5, Saturday, July 27, 2024, and was the first athlete from the Cypriot Olympic Committee delegation to the 33rd Olympics Games, Paris 2024, which had entered the competitive battle. With 14,366 points, the 26-year-old placed 8th in the qualifying of the event, securing the last ticket to the final and is now an Olympic champion.
In his statements, the coach of Mario Georgiou, Panagiotis Petridis, said: “We are fine, we will go to compete, we are not the favorite of the match but in the final I believe in singles, anything can happen and our duty is to go and compete as best as we can and then I think to enjoy this distinction no matter what”.
Marios Georgiou belongs to the group “Pentadaktylos Kyrenia” and his coach is Panagiotis Petridis. Marios secured qualification for his third participation in the Olympic Games, after participating in the Rio (2016) and Tokyo (2021) Olympics, after winning the gold medal at the European Gymnastics Championships in Rimini, Italy, in the Composite Atom. This success, together with the gold medal he won at the European Gymnastics Championships in Munich, in Monozygo, are the highlights of his career.
The Cyprus Olympic Committee extends its warm thanks to the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth and to the gold sponsors, Bank of Cyprus and Logicom, for the cooperation and support to implement its mission, reminding that on the road to Paris we are all “Team Cyprus”.< /p>
The three Cypriot sailors continue their effort in Marseille
The three Cypriot sailors, Pavlos Kontidis (ILCA 7), Marilena Makri (ILCA 6) and Tarantin Denis (Kite) continue their efforts in Marseille.
Pavlos Kontidis
Today the last two qualifying races in the Olympic Regatta take place, around noon, while tomorrow Tuesday the first ten athletes will claim the medals, transferring the score from the ten races. Pavlos Kontidis is now in second place in the ranking.
In the medal race the points count double and the maximum difference that can be covered is 18 points.
Yesterday Sunday, Pavlos Kontidis was third in the first race strong>– his best finish of the race – and seventh in the second, where he again didn't get off to a good start, crossing the first buoy in 33rd. He collected 10 points from the Australian Gold Olympic champion of “Tokyo 2020”, while he opened the gap from the Briton at 15b. At 10b from Pavlos is the Peruvian No36 in the world who makes the surprise. Both Beckett and Saunders were disqualified in the first race of the day due to an early start under black flag conditions.
The standings (Over 8 races)
1 . Wearn (Australia) 38b
2. KONTIDIS (CYPRUS) 52b
3. Peschiera (Peru) 62b
4. Beckett (UK) 67b
5. Tomasgaard (Norway) 77b
6. Saunders (N. Zealand) 79b
7. Vadnai (Hungary) 79b
Completion in ILCA 6
The race at the ILCA 6, in which Marilena Makri is taking part, ends today Monday with two more races, the ninth and the tenth, with the 21-year-old champion of the Famagusta Nautical Club aiming for two good placings in order to enter the top 30. It is noted that Makri, No40 in the world, was 33rd in the Olympic Games in 2021 in Tokyo.
The Cypriot sailor, who continued the battle in the sea of Marseille yesterday Sunday,she was 30th in the first race of the day and 17th in the next, tying her best placing of the race (she was also 17th in the first race of the second day).
Dutch Marit Bouwmeester leads the race with a difference of 28 points from the second Rindom (Denmark). A difference of 19 points is enough for her to “lock” the gold before the medal race on Tuesday (06/8). Third is the Swiss Jayet with 59b. Makri is 176b.
Denis Tarantin
On Monday, Dennis Tarantin continues his effort in the 33rd Olympic Games, in Formula Kite.
Denis Tarantin, didn't make an ideal start on Sunday, since after the first four races in Formula Kite, the Famagusta Navy Club athlete is in 9th place overall , with a 4th, a 6th, an 11th and a 13th place.
The Slovenian Vodisek leads with 6b, followed by Bontus (Austria) and Maeder (Singapore) with 8b.
