Athletes taking part in the Limassol International Meeting 2022, part of the Challenger group of the World Athletics Continental Tour, achieved great performances.
The meeting was completed on Tuesday in the presence of local authorities and officials with Pericles Markaris, President of the Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus which organised the games, saying they were a great success and an unprecedented experience as many people attended the games. “People came to the games and enjoyed first-class athletes and more events like this one need to take place,” he added.
He said Cypriot athletes had excellent performances. Apostolos Parellis’ performance at Discus Throw won him a place at the Munich European Championship. Greek Olympic champion in long jump, Miltos Tentoglou achieved a 8.28m jump while the 110m hurdles was an amazing race.
Parellis achieved a throw of 65.54 and ranked second, going through to the 2022 European Championship in Munich from 15-21 August. In statements, he said he gave his best performance and said he was satisfied with his achievement. First came German Henrik Janssen with a 66.20 throw.
Milan Trajkovic ranked second at the 110m hurdles with Orlando Ortega first and Markos Herrera third. Trajkovic thanked the people who showed up at the Games.
Source: Cyprus News Agency