To qualify in Budapest

Markopoulo, June 25, 2019

Press release

 The National Equestrian Team is fightinh this week to qualify at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.  The National team will take part from Thursday, June 27th until Sunday, June 30th at the CSI3 * -W World Cup, to be held in Budapest, Hungary.

The National Team consists of five athletes, Alexandros Fourlis with Grandeur, Ioli Mytileneou with Broadway and Caiam d'Ivraie, Anna Papageorgiou with Vania and LC Waikiki Akino, Angelos Toulopi with Idealisca and Francis ανδ Paris Koutsoyiannis with Daouschka and Joli Coeur P.

Four of the five Greek riders will take part in Friday's Special Preliminary Team competition, June 28 at 15.30, where the winning team automatically gets the ticket to Tokyo 2020. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine will also take part in the event.

The team Chef d'equipe is Mr. George Dimaras, General Secretary of HEF. 

  

From the Press Office of HEF