The week started off with a bang for team Greece, as Miltiadis Tentoglou won the country’s second gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

The 23-year old competed in the men’s long jump finals on Monday, scoring Greece’s first ever gold medal in the event.

It was a nail biting finish, as Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba took the lead with a 8.41m jump, whilst Tentoglou awaited his turn as he sat in fourth place.

In the final round of jumps, the young Greek matched Echevarria’s distance, gaining an advantage with his second best attempt of 8.15m ahead of the Cuban’s 8.09m.

Of Tentoglou’s six attempts, four were valid, giving him a better overall score compared to that of Echevarria’s, who was unable to make the jump for his final attempt due to injury.

Initially the Greek athlete hadn’t realised he had won the gold, but began celebrating after some convincing from his coaches.

Tentoglou finished in first place, followed by Echevarria in second, while the Cuban’s compatriot Maykel Masso nabbed the bronze.

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Eyes then turned to Greece’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ Eleftherios Petrounias later that day, who competed in the men’s rings finals.

He had some very slight stability issues during his artistic gymnastics performance, scoring a total of 15.200. Despite this, the 30-year-old gymnast still scored a podium finish, coming in at third place.

China took out first and second place, with Yang Liu scoring 15.500 and his compatriot Hao You scoring 15.300.

Greece had a little less luck during the women’s pole vault finals on Thursday.

Greece’s 2016 Rio Olympic gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi came in fourth place jumping a best of 4.80m. Fellow Greek countrywoman Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou came in equal eighth with four others, jumping a best of 4.50m.

Fellow Greek pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis competed in the men’s final on Tuesday, missing a podium finish. He came in equal fourth place with American KC Lightfoot.

Greece’s luck in the pool wasn’t much better as the women’s artistic swimming team had to pull out of their event after five members tested positive for COVID-19. The other seven members of the team were deemed to be close contacts.

The team has been moved out of the Olympic village and are currently in quarantine.

“We judged the monitoring had to be strengthened, and it was decided to do it outside the village,” Tokyo 2020 spokesman Takaya Masa said Wednesday.

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In another pool however, the Greek men’s water polo team have managed to make it as far as the semi finals after beating Montenegro in the quarterfinals, crushing them with a final score of 10-4.

Both teams played defensively in the first quarter, with the only goal scored by Greece’s Constantinos Genidounias.

The following three quarters came through with more excitement on the goal scoring front as Greece powered through scoring nine goals, whilst Montenegro only managed a total of four.

This is the first time Greece’s water polo team has qualified for the semi’s since the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Team Greece goes head to head with Hungary today at 4:30pm.

Australia’s medal tally is a touch heartier, with the country raking up a current total of 41 medals.

Swimmer Emma McKeon grabbed two more gold medals on Sunday, making Aussies proud and bringing her career into new heights.

After winning the 50m freestyle (with an Olympic record time of 23.81), she surpassed the previous Australian benchmark for most Olympic career medals, become the first in the country with a tally of 10.

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Adding to the Green and Gold’s golds on Thursday were Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen who took out first place in the 1,000m men’s double kayak final, whilst Germany placed second and the Czech Republic in third.

This is the first time in it’s 85-year history that Australia has won Olympic gold in the event.

After the event, Green expressed his shock in becoming an Olympic champion.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet but jeez, when I crossed that line and saw the coaches, it hit me hard,” he told media.

Minutes after the Aussie kayakers stood atop the podium, fellow countryman and skateboarder Keegan Palmer wrote his own name in the history books.

Palmer won the inaugural men’s skateboarding park final, and equalled the country’s record for Olympic gold medals joining the 17 Australia won in Athens in 2004.

Australia now sits fourth on the medal tally after being overtaken by Japan which has a total of 22 gold medals.

You can catch Australia playing for more medals this weekend.

Saturday 7 August

Women’s Marathon – 8:00am
Women’s High Jump – 8:35pm
Men’s Basketball – 9:00pm
Men’s 1500m – 9:40pm