Not much time had passed since the final was called off pre-olympic competition and its quality National team at the top sports festival of the planet (after 16 years), when Spyros Kapralos congratulated the president of the CEE, Vangelis Liolios and asked him to express something very important.
At almost the same time that Hellenic Olympic Committee announced the extended list (with the basketball players) of 101 athletes of the mission to Paris, his president did not waste any time even after Miltos Tedoglou’s rejectionthe “strong man” of Greek basketball announced the decision almost reached by the EOE for the Greek flag bearer in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
After all, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s international success on a team (championships with the Bucks) and on an individual level (he lost the ball there) in the NBA and his long-standing reputation as the leading global sports ambassador for Greece and the country. as a whole he was on the shortlist of candidates if basketball ensured qualification.
The 80-69 win over Croatia and being named the games MVP, they were the icing on the cake and “locked” their choiceespecially since the other famous candidate, an Olympic gold medalist, did not want to take on this responsibility.
The president of the Greek basketball federation waited patiently for the press conference to end and immediately returned to the locker room the 29-year-old Greek international he left him alone and brought good things with him!
Our knowledge tells us that the joyful youths heard that the face of the “Greek Freak” lit up with happiness and joy, at a time when he himself felt that he was considerably overworked and that his legs could not carry him. keeping from burden and fatigue and not wasting. any time to share this honorable distinction with his own people
Although some will be edited important details related to Antetokounmpo’s not really important sponsorship agreements with the sports company that dresses him (not the one that dresses the Greek Olympic team), but also his move to Paris on the eve of the National team’s debut in the Olympic competition with Canada (the 1st leg matches will be played in Lille, a 2.5 hour drive and a little less by train from the French capital), the decision is expected to be confirmed on Tuesday at the EOE plenary.
Maria Sakkari is considered the greatest in the standing of the flag-bearing athlete.
Watch the video: Antetokounmpo’s tears of joy – “Locked” the decision to be the flag bearer of the Greek mission
Source: gazzetta.gr
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