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Athens, Greece [19] Shot put: 19.10 m Irini Terzoglou: 14 June 2003 Trikala, Greece Discus throw: 67.72 m Ekaterini Voggoli: 10 June 2004 Athens, Greece Hammer throw: 72.10 m Stiliani Papadopoulou: 20 July 2008 Nikiti, Greece Javelin throw: 67.51 m Mirela Manjani: 30 September 2000 Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia Heptathlon: 6235 pts Argiro ...
Around 1970, inspired by mountain running in the Alps, the first thoughts of a marathon in Olympus came on. Younger members of the Mountaineering Association E.O.S. Thessaloniki implemented the idea; a running track was selected, the paths were cleaned and marked. The first run took place on July 6, 1986.
The Athens Classic Marathon is an annual marathon road race held in Athens, Greece, normally in early November (the second Sunday of November), since 1972.It also often serves as Greece's national marathon championships.
Spartathlon is a 246-kilometre (153 mi) ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparti, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta. The Spartathlon is based on the run of Pheidippides , [ 1 ] who ran from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half to seek aid against the Persians.
Greece cannot seem to work its way out of the financial news by settling on austerity programs that would trigger aid from the International Monetary Fund and European Union. Internal battles ...
Sir Keir Starmer ruled out discussing a return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece in his meeting with his Greek counterpart on Tuesday despite claims from Athens that progress had been made on the issue.
The event was first held in 1896 and events for women were added to the schedule in 1930. The men's and women's championships have been organised both as separate competitions, and at the same venue. Separate annual championship events are held for road running and racewalking events. There is also a Greek Indoor Athletics Championships. [2]
Greece, which saw its lowest number of births in 2022, plans to spend 20 billion euros ($22 billion) through 2035 on incentives to halt the decline, including cash benefits and tax breaks, its ...