Mediterranean Games: Greece ends athletics competition with bronze in mixed 4x100m relay
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- Greece finished third in the mixed 4x100-meter relay final in Taranto with a time of 41.74 seconds.
- Italy won gold in 40.98 seconds, while France took silver in 41.50 and Turkey finished fourth in 42.17.
- The bronze brought Greece’s athletics total at the Games to six medals, five silver and one bronze.
Greece ended its athletics campaign at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto with a bronze medal in the mixed 4x100-meter relay.
The Greek team of Vasilis Myrianthopoulos, Rafaela Spanoudaki, Sotiris Garagkanis and Poliniki Emmanouilidou finished the final in 41.74 seconds from the sixth lane. That was enough for third place.
Italy won the gold medal in 40.98 seconds, with France taking silver in 41.50. Turkey finished fourth in 42.17.
The result gave Greece six athletics medals at the competition: five silver and one bronze. The mixed relay was the country’s final athletics event. The men’s and women’s half-marathons were scheduled for Thursday, September 3, without Greek participation.
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