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Rog,
Do you have a couple of minutes to enjoy a piece of trivia about an athlete I'm sure you'll remember from Olympic Games and the like from many years ago?
Do you have a couple of minutes to enjoy a piece of trivia about an athlete I'm sure you'll remember from Olympic Games and the like from many years ago?
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Me?
Even if not, I'm always up for a bit of athletic trivia.
Not a racy story about Lindsey Macdonald is it?
Even if not, I'm always up for a bit of athletic trivia.
Not a racy story about Lindsey Macdonald is it?
Sadly no !
I recall we've strolled down Memory Lane together a few times in the past re: obscure past Olympic/Athletics performers, and so I'm sure you'll remember the name Papageorgopoulos from the 70s.
He was a very good Greek 100m runner and Coleman's thankless task was to try and fit in calling his name umpteen times in such a short race. A task made more difficult as he was notoriously fast from the blocks.
Anyway, I have belatedly learned that the Great Man once discovered his very own solution to the Greek Economy Crisis.
Rgeards etc
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http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/former-greek-sprinter-vassilis-papageorgopoulos-jailed-for-stealing-12m-8518030.html
I recall we've strolled down Memory Lane together a few times in the past re: obscure past Olympic/Athletics performers, and so I'm sure you'll remember the name Papageorgopoulos from the 70s.
He was a very good Greek 100m runner and Coleman's thankless task was to try and fit in calling his name umpteen times in such a short race. A task made more difficult as he was notoriously fast from the blocks.
Anyway, I have belatedly learned that the Great Man once discovered his very own solution to the Greek Economy Crisis.
Rgeards etc
.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/former-greek-sprinter-vassilis-papageorgopoulos-jailed-for-stealing-12m-8518030.html
12 million sovs!
When it comes to bad boy Greek sprinters it puts Kenteris little, um, peccadillo, before the 2004 Olympics into perspective doesn't it?
When it comes to bad boy Greek sprinters it puts Kenteris little, um, peccadillo, before the 2004 Olympics into perspective doesn't it?
Indeed, the motorcycle boy was a mere lightweight.
It gets better.
Firstly, the authorities saw sense and evidently reduced his sentence.
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http://www.ekathimerini.com/161540/article/ekathimerini/news/ex-mayors-life-term-for-graft-is-shortened
Now he's out on compassionate grounds.
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http://www.pappaspost.com/former-mayor-of-thessaloniki-free-from-jail-papageorgopoulos-convicted-of-stealing-e17-million-free-on-compassionate-grounds/
Hooray for Greek Justice, what ho? Best that money can buy?
It gets better.
Firstly, the authorities saw sense and evidently reduced his sentence.
.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/161540/article/ekathimerini/news/ex-mayors-life-term-for-graft-is-shortened
Now he's out on compassionate grounds.
.
http://www.pappaspost.com/former-mayor-of-thessaloniki-free-from-jail-papageorgopoulos-convicted-of-stealing-e17-million-free-on-compassionate-grounds/
Hooray for Greek Justice, what ho? Best that money can buy?
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