Emmanouil Karalis, 25, won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games in pole vault on Monday night, after single tries of vaulting through 5.50 m to 5.90 m
Karalis followed in third place after Sweden’s Armand Duplantis – with an astounding new world record of 6.25 m – and the USA’s Sam Kendricks with 5.95 m.
The bronze medal is the 31st by a Greek athlete in track and field during the Olympic Games and the 128th overall.
Congratulations
Congratulatory messages came from Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, main opposition SYRIZA-PA leader Stefanos Kasselakis, and PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis, among others.
