{"id":4433,"date":"2023-05-02T14:54:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2023-05-02T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:54:48","slug":"sto-kastellorizo-tha-ginei-o-eortasmos-tis-olybiakis-imeras-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/sto-kastellorizo-tha-ginei-o-eortasmos-tis-olybiakis-imeras-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The celebration of the Olympic Day 2023 will take place in Kastellorizo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the auspices of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Academy and co-organized by the Municipality of Megisti - Kastellorizo, the 2nd Rock Solid mountain running race takes place in the framework of the sports activities for the celebration of the Olympic Day 2023 on 23, 24 and 25 June in Kastellorizo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kastelorizo-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kastelorizo-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kastelorizo-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kastelorizo-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Kastelorizo.jpg 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven Greek Olympic athletes and champions will travel to the island to share with children and adults experiences of life lessons, to give children the opportunity to learn about Olympic values and discover new sports such as sailing, water polo, athletics, weightlifting, tennis, etc. throughout the sports weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The athletes are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Victor Mitrou | Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting in 2000 in Sydney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>George Tzelilis | 4th Olympic champion in weightlifting in 1996 in Atlanta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nikos Skiathitis | Olympic bronze medalist in rowing in 2004 in Athens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yannis Tsilis | 4th Olympic champion in rowing in London 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angelos Lemanis | 1st World Champion in sailing in 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anna Charalambidou | Champion in water polo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Denise Panagopoulou | Champion in tennis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the southeasternmost tip of Greece, amateur and professional athletes and runners of all levels will have the opportunity to run in a landscape of unique beauty and geographical importance and enjoy the important landmarks of the island.<br>On the first day of the event, on June 24, the Kastellorizo 21K race will be held for the first time. The race starts from the picturesque port of Kastellorizo, with its impressively painted mansions and passes through the mountainous area of the island, the Mounda region, following a network of natural paths and a paved road. The unique view of the island of Ro emerges as you climb the path to Paleokastro and complete the first 5km of the route. The race continues through the rocky path to the chapel of Agios Ioannis and climbs up the mountain by the famous \u00ab400 steps\u00bb. Up on the rock, the route passes the monastery of Agios Georgios tou Vouniou, an area surrounded by huge natural slabs. It continues through the eerie rocky plateau passing ancient wine presses and cisterns, Mycenaean tombs, cyclopean walls, old stone farmhouses, and abandoned Italian and British camps. The last few kilometres of the route cross the island at the roots of the red rock overlooking the \u00abcordon\u00bb of the harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the occasion of the celebration of the Olympic Day 2023 in Kastellorizo and the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, the Olympic Flame will travel to Kastellorizo with the first winner of the Kastellorizo 21K race as the torchbearer.<br>The second day of the event, June 25, is the Kastellorizo 10K race for trained runners. A route of exceptional beauty, through lush vegetation, leads to the northern part of the island. Then the route reaches up to 400 steps, following the 5 km route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, on Saturday, June 24, the Kastellorizaki 1.3K race, a 1.3 km race for all children, and the Kastellorizo 5K race, a route that starts from the port, continues through the cobbled streets of the island, and climbs up the mountain by the famous \u00ab400 steps\u00bb. Descending from the cliff, the last few metres stretch along the quiet bay at Mandraki, the harbour that David Gilmour praised in the song On an Island. Following the perimeter paved path, with the Turkish coastline and the small town of Kas stretching into the distance, we pass under the rock-carved Lycian Tomb, in the shadow of the dominant medieval castle, and past the iconic Old Mosque, to reach the finish point at the harbour.<br>This sports weekend in Kastellorizo will be another step forward in extending the promotion of sport to the youth of Greece under the motto \"Sport unites! Let's move! - Sports unite! Let's move!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned. Participation is free and registration will open in the coming days.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the auspices of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Academy and co-organized by the Municipality of Megisti - Castellorizo ... <a title=\"The celebration of the Olympic Day 2023 will take place in Kastellorizo\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/sto-kastellorizo-tha-ginei-o-eortasmos-tis-olybiakis-imeras-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf \u039a\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03cc\u03c1\u03b9\u03b6\u03bf \u03b8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u03b5\u03bf\u03c1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039f\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03c0\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u0397\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-draseis-2023","category-news","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","no-featured-image-padding","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4437,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions\/4437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoa.org.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}