Vasiliki Alexandri gets EM-Gold: Triumph of the sisters on Madeira!

Vasiliki Alexandri is not only in Europe, but also internationally in the spotlight. At the swimming World Cup in Qatar, she qualified for the final of the free freestyle and convinced as a pre-fight best. In the pre-fight in Doha, she prevailed with a narrow lead of 0.1272 points against the second-placed Greek Evangelia Platanioti, who has already won gold in the technology short. Your final will take place on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.

Despite a mistake in the technology cure, which brought her sixth place, Alexandri remains a strong competition at an international level, where she is considered a double vice world champion of Fukuoka 2023. Her twin sisters Anna-Maria and Eirini-Marina, due to a shoulder injury of Anna-Maria, have canceled their participation in the duet competitions.

Lower Austria's success in the EM

The success of the Alexandri sisters are part of a successful balance for Lower Austrian sport in the current season. In addition, Victoria Hudson, another athlete from Lower Austria, managed to win gold in the javelin throw at the European Athletics Championship in Rome with a width of 64.62 meters. Hudson follows the footsteps of Liese Prokop and Ilona Gusenbauer and thus becomes the third Lower Austrian gold medalist in the history of the athletics European Championship.

The achievements of the Alexandri sisters and Hudson underline the strength and the fighting spirit of Lower Austrian sport on a European and global level. The upcoming competitions could bring further reason to be happy for these talented athletes.