2024-05-18 06:22:00
Eleni Papastamatopoulou climbed to the second step of the rostrum on the European Para Taekwondo Championship, held in Belgrade.
The athlete of A.S. Taekwondo of Ioannina, after successful the gold medal on the European Qualification Event and qualifying for the Paris Paralympic Video games, gained one other medal in a serious occasion, though she competed with a sprained ankle. Within the K44 class, at + 65 kg, she initially prevailed over Jelena Rasic from the organizer Serbia with 13-11 and within the semi-final she simply prevailed with 11-5 over the Spaniard Dalla Moreno, who “shared” the bronze medal with the Moroccan Raja Akermas .
Within the ultimate in opposition to the “silver” Paralympic champion (at +58kg in Tokyo) Amy Truesdale from Nice Britain, the Greek champion, who competed injured, misplaced the gold within the particulars and eventually took 2nd place and the silver medal.
Her coach Vassilis Zikos was together with her within the capital of Serbia.