Drisbioti, who had the grant of carrying the Greek emblem astatine the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, is 1 of lone 2 athletes from the Greek delegation—including Miltiadis Tentoglou—to person won a World Championship medal. In 2023, she claimed bronze successful Budapest implicit 35 km and has besides won golden successful some the 20 km and 35 km events astatine the European Championships successful Munich.
She volition vie successful the 35 km contention aboriginal Saturday greeting astatine 01:30 (Greek time), with the 20 km contention scheduled for the pursuing Saturday, 20/9, astatine the aforesaid hour.
The 41-year-old shared her thoughts connected competing astatine different World Championship, her motivations, and her emotion for sport.
On the World Championships and preparation:
“I’m ever blessed to vie successful a large championship. I qualified with the standard, proving I tin inactive vie astatine the elite level. Even though immoderate accidental I’ve aged, my times beryllium otherwise. I ne'er purpose conscionable to participate; I ever propulsion my limits and anticipation for a beardown finish.”
On information aft truthful galore years:
“I emotion challenges. I’ve faced many, some personally and athletically, and athletics has ever been my outlet. It has go portion of me—whenever I look difficulty, I transmission it into athletics.”
On continuing aft this championship:
“I’m inactive here, arsenic you tin see. After the World Championships, we’ll spot what comes next.”
Tokyo World Championships docket – Opening Day, Saturday, September 13
Morning session:
- 01:30 – 35 km Race Walk Final (Women) – Drisbioti, Fiasca, Alikanioti
- 01:30 – 35 km Race Walk Final (Men) – Papamichael
- 03:00 – Discus (Women) Qualifying Group A
- 04:55 – Shot Put (Men) Qualifying
- 04:55 – Discus (Women) Qualifying Group B
- 05:23 – 100 m (Men) Round 1
- 05:55 – 4×400 m Mixed Relay Qualifying
Afternoon session:
- 12:05 – 3,000 m Steeplechase (Men) Qualifying
- 12:30 – Long Jump (Women) Qualifying
- 12:55 – 100 m (Women) Qualifying, Emmanouilidou, Heat 4
- 13:05 – Pole Vault (Men) Qualifying, Karalis (Group 1), Rizos (Group 2)
- 13:50 – 1,500 m (Women) Qualifying
- 14:35 – 100 m (Men) Qualifying
- 15:10 – Shot Put (Men) Qualifying
- 15:30 – 10,000 m (Women) Final
- 16:20 – 4×400 m Mixed Relay Final
Drisbioti’s absorption and thrust people her arsenic 1 of Greece’s apical athletes successful Tokyo, acceptable to adhd different medal to her awesome career.
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