Qualified for the Olympics Vlassis Maras

The second Olympic “ticket” celebrates the Greek gymnastics, after Vlassis Maras secured…
qualifying through pre-Olympic test event men in Rio de Janeiro, without even needing to wait for the completion of the race.
After the conduct of the 2nd of the three Groups, the Greek champion has already supplanted 10 by the representatives of the countries that also claim the qualification solely through the composite individual (Portugal, N. Africa, Hungary, Chinese Taipei, Argentina, Australia, Puerto Rico, Algeria, Hong Kong, Costa Rica).
So, it has already secured with comfort one of the 29 privileged positions that will be given to athletes of an equal number of countries, among 36 candidates, regardless of what will happen on the 3rd and last Group (00:30 – 03:15 Greek time), in which will participate the individual representatives of the other countries.
Vlassis Maras also maintains a few chances of qualifying to the final organs of Monday (18/04), since at the moment is 7th in the horizontal bar, with 14,466 b., while given should be considered the presence of Lefteris Πετρούνια the final of the rings, as well as maintain up to now the top score of the qualifier with a 15,900 b., ahead of the Brazilian “gold” Olympic champion 2012, Arthur Ναμπαρέτε Zanetti (15,800 b.).
In Rio and the Κοντοχριστοπούλου
The qualification for the Olympic games in Rio, in the sword Exercise of secured Katerina Κοντοχριστοπούλου. The Greek champion of fencing he competed in the fiba olympic qualifying tournament held in Prague and took the coveted qualification.
Qualified from the group with three wins and as many defeats. On the dashboard of the “16” defeated the Swedish Σρέιμπερ with 15-9, and in the eight faced the Σεπάρντ (England) following a thrilling game was tied 7-7, but was favoured by the draw and got the qualification for the Rio, as well as the first four athletes taking the ticket.
So Katerina Κοντοχριστοπούλου became the second athlete of the fencers who qualified, after the Vaso Vouyouka.
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