MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORTS
GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF SPORTS
PRESS OFFICE
Athens, March 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE
With entry cards and strict control measures, exceptional access to sports facilities for training ahead of the Olympic Games
With special, personal, entrance cards, which have already been prepared by the Athens Olympic Sports Center "Spyros Louis" and will also be applied at the Agios Kosmas and Kaftanzoglio Olympic Sports Centers, following the instructions of the Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports, Lefteris Avgenakis, exceptional training of athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympic Games is permitted.
In these difficult times for the country and society, in the fight against the coronavirus, every possible support is provided to our champions, so that they can continue their preparation without any problems, but with the observance of all safety measures in mind. And to this, the employees and collaborators at the National Sports Centers contribute decisively, to whom a "bravo" is due for their self-denial and a "thank you" for their unwavering cooperation. In the meantime, the list of those who have the right to train in view of the Olympic Games in Tokyo has been enriched. The Hellenic Sailing Federation and the Hellenic Shooting Federation completed the list of their athletes, while within the framework of the memorandum of athletic cooperation between Greece and Cyprus and following a request from the Cyprus Sports Organization, three Cypriot track and field athletes, who reside permanently in our country, were also allowed to train.
In detail, the list published yesterday with the 84 athletes is supplemented with the following:
SAILING
1. MANTIS PANAGIOTIS
2. KAGIALIS PAVLOS
3. ORPHAN JOHN
4. PAPOUTSOGLOU VASILIS
5. MITAKIS IOANNIS
6. KARACHALIOU KINGDOM
7. EMILIA THULFA
8. SPINACH ARIADNE
9. SCARLATOU ANGELIKI
10. PANAGIOTIDIS ANASTASIOS
11. TAMVAKIDOU NATALIA
12. KAMPOURIDIS PANAGIOTIS
13. NOUTSOS STELIOS
14. BEKATOROU SOFIA
15. AEMILIAN ALONE
16. DIVARI KATERINA
17. KOKKALANIS BYRONAS
SHOOTING
1. GOGOLAKIS IOANNIS
2. KATZOURAKI EMMANOUELA
3. CHALKIADAKIS CHARALAMPOS
CYPRUS
1. IOANNOU KYRIAKOS
2. KONSTANTINOU VASSILIS
3. KONIARAKIS GEORGE
