Lefteris Petrounias after the gold medal at the European Championships: “Records are meant to be broken

Lefteris Petrounias grew his… legend, with the gold medal he won at the European Instrumental Championship in Rimini. The post of the “Lord of the Rings” shows his next goal, which is the 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held in Paris.

Lefteris Petrounias won another gold medal. The Greek Olympian he was crowned European champion for the seventh time in his career and became the only specialist in the history of the European Gymnastics Championships, from 1955 to the present day, to achieve such an incredible record!

The Greek super champion performed his program last in the rings final among the eight finalists, collected 15,000 points (difficulty: 6,300, execution: 8,700) and triumphantly returned to the European top!

At the same time, he sent the loudest message ahead of the Paris Olympics, as the Rimini European Championship was his first and only official match of the year before the summer’s big date.

A few hours after his success in the European championship, the lefty Petrounias posted on social media:

“Records are meant to be broken!

I couldn’t be happier!

It’s gold again!

Next stop Paris!

Thanks to my team and my family!”

Let’s remember that before Petrounia’s seventh European title, they were preceded by the bronze medal in his debut at the event, in 2011 in Berlin, then six consecutive victories in 2015 in Montpellier, in 2016 in Bern, in 2017 in Cluj, in 2018 in Glasgow , in 2021 in Basel and in 2022 in Munich, as well as another bronze last year in Attalia.

At the same time, Petrounias won a total of twelve gold medals in major events, including his triumphs in three World Championships (2015, 2017, 2018), the 2015 European Games and of course the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.