Virginia Kravarioti
Bronze medal, August 17, 2008, Sofia Bekatorou – Sofia Papadopoulou – Virginia Kravarioti, cat. Yngling. Beijing 2008
After the departure of Aimilia Tsoulfa, Sofia Bekatorou decided to start in Yngling with Sofia Papadopoulou and Virginia Kravarioti. Very quickly the Greek champions found the chemistry of their collaboration and despite predictions to the contrary, they won the bronze medal with absolute fairness. A distinction that could be claimed by other teams until the last race, the 7th race. The girls kept the third place and the bronze medal with great tenacity and will.
Final Ranking: Great Britain (Ayton, Webb, Wilson) 24 points Netherlands (Mulder, Bess, Witteveen) 31 Greece (Bekatorou, Papadopoulou, Kravarioti) 48 Germany (Schuemann, Hoepfner, Bleck) 56 France (Le Heley, Lepesant, Gerecht) 56 Russia (Skudina, Krutskikh, Ivanova) 56 USA (Barkow, Howie, Capozzi) 61 China (Song, Yu, Li) 63
They said..
“Three years ago, no one knew us. But hard work and teamwork and our preparation for those games made the difference and contributed most to our success. Belief helped us reach these heights. We thank everyone who supported us and believed in us.”
August 17 2008
