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The Greeks won top honors in the recently concluded European Rowing Championships held in Marathon, Greece. Greek rowing teams won a total of five gold medals last September 22, 2008. Among the top winners were Vasileios Polymeros, Dimitirio Mougios, Chrysi Biskitzi and Alexandra Tsiavou. Sporting officials say that the Greek team definitely did their country proud.

The European Rowing Championships tool place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing center located in Marathon, Greece. The Grecian city played host for the European games which lasted from September 19 to September 20. The games were delayed for a bit due to bad weather. The rowing championship was then concluded in September 22, 2008.

Greece did not only prove to be a great host. They also proved that they were a rowing force to be reckoned with. The team took home the gold medal for men’s Lightweight double skulls and for women’s lightweight double skulls. Biskitzi and Tsiavou won the latter event. They also won for the same even in 2007. Other gold medal recipients were Ioannis Christou for Men’s Lightweight Single skull and Pavlos Gavriilidis and Georgios Tsiompanidis won for Men’s pair rowing. Team Greece also won the gold in men’s four rowing.