Daily Recap: Greece Rio 2016 Olympics (Day 16, Sunday, Aug 21)

- DAILY Recap: GREECE RIO 2016 OLYmPICS -

DAY 16, sunDAY, AUGUST 21st

AGONAsport.com brings you a recap of all of Greece’s Athletes that competed in Day 16 (Sunday, August 21) of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

 

TODAY'S COMPETING GREEK ATHLETES
 

TRACK & FIELD – Men's Marathon, FINAL: Michael Kalomiris, Hristoforos Merousis
***Greece had two representatives in today's Marathon, with Michael Kalomiris and Hristoforos Merousis. Merousis finished in 116th (2:29:39) and Kalomiris finished in 132nd with a time of 2:37:03. The gold medal went to Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya with a time of 2:08:44.

CYCLING – Men's Cross Country, FINAL: Dimitris Antoniadis
***Dimitris Antoniadis finished today's Men's Cycling Cross Country race in 31st with a time of 1:44:17. The gold medal went to Nino Schuhter from Switzerland with a time of 1:33:28.

 

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