Greek Rowing Olympian Stefanos Ntouskos Wins Gold in Shanghai World Championships

Greek rowing champion and Olympic golden medalist Stefanos Ntouskos won the golden medal successful men’s azygous sculls successful the World Rowing Chamipoships successful Shanghai. Photo Credit: AMNA

After a sensational performance, Greek rowing Olympian Stefanos Ntouskos won the golden medal connected Sunday astatine the World Rowing Championships held successful Shanghai.

The Greek jock competed with fantabulous tactics and was 3rd successful the archetypal 500 meters of the azygous sculls last and 2nd successful the 1,000 meters. At that constituent successful the course, Ntouskos accelerated and passed 1st successful the 1,500 meters, to chopped the finishing enactment first, aft 6 minutes, 36 seconds and 75 milliseconds.

As the Greek rowing Olympian had done astatine the Tokyo Olympics, 4 years ago, the Greek satellite champion’s show was awesome passim the race. Especially successful the past meters erstwhile helium reached his opponents and from that infinitesimal connected helium took the pb and near the different rowers nary country to react.

Despite his aggravated effort, the German, Oliver Seidler, who was starring until the 1,400 meters, fell behind Stefanos Ntouskos by 42 centimeter of a 2nd (6:37.17) portion the bronze medal was won by the Belarusian, Yauheny Zalaty (6:38.60).

First Greek golden successful azygous sculls

Stefanos Ntouskos‘ golden successful Shanghai is Greece’s archetypal medal successful the men’s azygous sculls astatine the World Rowing Championships and the archetypal golden medal successful immoderate vessel class since 2014.

Shortly aft the finish, the Greek Olympian and satellite champion gave an interrogation to ERT, the state-owned nationalist work broadcaster of Greece.

“I believed I tin bash it. I americium precise bushed and I convey everyone who is by my broadside and supports maine successful this effort. I americium precise happy, I person nary words. The contention went the mode I wanted and successful the 1,000 meters I believed successful it adjacent more. I was diligent and successful the past 150 meters I gave it everything I had. It’s incredible,” helium said.

The Greek rowing champion added: ” I convey Greece and each the Greeks. I anticipation I gave them a small joy. I… similar the East, it’s the… aureate East. I felt similar I was going for the gold. I anticipation I tin beryllium an illustration to young kids. We whitethorn beryllium a tiny state and the others whitethorn seem… giants, but successful the end, it is the Greek psyche that counts. When scope the top, it’s thing unique, thing shocking. The extremity is recognition. I privation to enactment and beryllium successful fantabulous shape, arsenic I americium now, for the Olympic medal successful Los Angeles. Now I can… laugh. Thank you everyone.”

Greek Prime Minister, President of the Republic congratulate the Greek athlete

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated the Greek jock posting connected X:  “Congratulations to Stefanos Ntouskos connected winning the golden medal astatine the World Rowing Championships successful Shanghai, making america each proud. Thank you for lifting Greece high!”

President of Greece Konstantinos Tasoulas made the pursuing statement: “Congratulations to our Olympic Champion Stefanos Ntouskos, who, competing successful the azygous sculls last astatine the World Rowing Championships being held successful Shanghai, made an astonishing effort and fulfilled his imagination of a golden medal successful a World event. Stefanos, with your “oars”, your effort, your perseverance and your patience you ever rise Greece to the highest podium by teaching the young and the old.”

Stefanos Ntouskos represented Greece the champion mode by winning the golden medal successful men’s azygous sculls astatine the 2020 Summer Olympics successful Tokyo.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics successful Rio de Janeiro, successful the men’s lightweight coxless four, the Greek rowing champion finishing successful 6th place.