The Cypriot athletics proved once again that it leads and dominates the Small States of Europe.
According to the COEAS, for the third consecutive edition Cyprus takes the first place in the European Small States Athletics Championships, the 4th edition of which was held yesterday, Saturday, in Marsa, Malta.
Despite the fact that Cyprus participated in 20 of the 22 events, Cyprus still managed to win the first place with 118 points, eight more than the second place Malta, which presented itself at home in a very high level.
The most important thing for the boys of the delegation is that they all managed to be in the scoring top eight and offer important points, since they are the ones that count and not the medals.
At the 4th Athletics Championships Cyprus won 5 first places, 5 second, 4 third, 1 fourth, 1 fifth, 3 sixth and 1 eighth.
In some events the position that an athlete took, offered more points, since from each country only the best performance is scored and Cyprus participated with only one athlete in each event.
From the results stands out the new individual performance of Marianna Pisiara in the 100m, 11.73, which puts her on the 6th place of all time.
Olivia Fotopoulou was impressive in the 200m, She stood out from the rest by a huge margin, but the strong wind deprived her of a great personal best.
Apart from Fotopoulou, the decathlete Elvis Kriukov in the 110m hurdles, Christos Tamanis in the pole vault, Angeliki Athanasopoulou in the 100m. However, it seems that there was a problem with the throws (perhaps with the valve), as almost all athletes (from all countries) fell short of their individual performances.
Of note, the first race of the year for Stavros Spyrou, who is coming back from injury.
The Cypriot delegation to Malta was led by COEAS President Pericles Markaris, who had as his official guest COA President Andreas Michaelides, who experienced first-hand a family athletics mission abroad.
The two men had the opportunity to meet with the President of the European Athletics Federation, Dobromir Karamarinov, and to exchange views on the course and progress of Cypriot athletics and on future international events, which the COEAS may undertake to organize.
The general presence of all those who participated in the mission was quite good, with a very good cooperation between coaches and athletes.Emmanuel Christodoulou 10.83 (+0.1) 6th
200m: Stavros Augustinou 21.49 (+1.9) 2nd
400m: Andreas Demetriades 49.70 8th
800m: Stavros Spyrou 1:50.73 2nd
110m hurdles: Elvis Kryukov 14.36 (+2.2) 1st
Long Jump: Lukas Similides 7.26m (+1.5) 6th
Pole Vault: Christos Tamanis 5.10m 1st
Hammer throw: Alexandros Poursanidis 65,46m. 3rd
Discus throw: Giorgos Koniarakis 56,93m. 3rd
Swedish Skiathlon: 1:58.17 4th (Stavros Augustinou, Emmanuel Christodoulou, Andreas Dimitriadis, Stavros Spyrou) In the results they wrote about cancellation of the Cypriot team, and did not add any points to our final tally.
Women
100m.Marianna Pisiara 11.73 (+1.2) 2nd
200m: Olivia Fotopoulou 23.04 (+3.0) 1st
400m: Chryso Georgiou 58.37 6th
800m: Natalia Evaggelidou 2:13.73 2nd
100m hurdles: Angeliki Athanasopoulou 14.07 (+1.6) 1st
Long: Pantelitsa Charalambous 5.93m (+0.6) 3rd
Pole vault: Andrea Vasu 3.70m 2nd
Hammer throw: Chrystalla Kyriakou 58.02m 3rd
Discus: Androniki Lada 55.26m 1st
Swedish Cross Country: 2:17.90 5th (Marianna Pisiara, Olivia Fotopoulou, Chryso Georgiou, Natalia Evaggelidou)
Final scores
(1) CYPRUS 118b.
(2) Malta 110b.
(3) Moldova 99b.
(4) Iceland 85b.
(5) Armenia 57b.
(6) Luxembourg 46b.
(7) San Marino 33p
(8) Georgia 31p
(9) Albania 25p
(9) Monaco 25p.
(11) Andorra 24p
(11) Montenegro 24p
(13) North Macedonia 19p
(14) Liechtenstein 9p
(15) Gibraltar 1p.
Congratulations from COA President
Congratulations[/B] to the athletes, the coaches and the COEA, expressed, with a post on his social networks, COA President Andreas Michaelides.
"We did it. Our Cyprus has won the first place in the Athletics LMPs, leaving Malta in second place, which organised the Games in Valletta. Our boys won 15 medals in total, with a relatively small delegation of 17 athletes. Well done guys, well done to your coaches, well done to the COEAS. The COA has been and will remain by your side, proud of you and supporting you. Continue to honor our country. For our Cyprus."
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