The 22-year-old Greek athlete competes in the Olympics javelin throw final in Paris on Saturday after qualifying with a 63.22-meter throw.
Greek champion takes first place in the long jump at the Paris Games with a 8.48-meter performance
The event is scheduled to start at 6.10 pm on June 23 and will also welcome a host of other world-class long jumpers like Sweden’s Thobias Montler and Cuba’s Juan Miguel Echevarría
Miltiadis Tentoglou landed 14cm clear of the minimum qualifying mark of 8m
The Greek long jumper, the reigning Olympic, outdoor world and European champion, sharply criticized a proposal to do away with the jump board and thereby eliminate foul attempts