{"id":18207,"date":"2026-07-25T19:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/eleni-diavati-cries-during-the-national-anthem-after-gold-medal-win-at-u23-world-rowing-championships-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:51:12","slug":"eleni-diavati-cries-during-the-national-anthem-after-gold-medal-win-at-u23-world-rowing-championships-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/eleni-diavati-cries-during-the-national-anthem-after-gold-medal-win-at-u23-world-rowing-championships-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleni Diavati cries during the national anthem after gold medal win at U23 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"E\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eleni Diavati and Milena Kontou crowned world champions in women\u2019s double sculls<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati.webp 640w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-300x300.webp 300w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-150x150.webp 150w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-180x180.webp 180w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-90x90.webp 90w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-450x450.webp 450w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-270x270.webp 270w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-20x20.webp 20w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-225x225.webp 225w,https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-96x96.webp 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati.webp\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati.webp 640w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-180x180.webp 180w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-90x90.webp 90w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-450x450.webp 450w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-270x270.webp 270w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-20x20.webp 20w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-225x225.webp 225w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/maketa-kontou-diabati-96x96.webp 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-594271 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Eleni Diavati and Milena Kontou Win Gold at 2026 World U23 Rowing Championships in Duisburg\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milena Kontou and Eleni Diavati claimed the gold medal in the women\u2019s double sculls at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Duisburg, Germany, rising to the top of the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbN0rdFowBN\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emotion ran high during the medal ceremony. Nineteen-year-old Eleni Diavati could not hold back her tears as the Greek national anthem played, marking the greatest achievement of her career so far. The athlete from Corfu started rowing at the age of 11 and now competes for Argonautes Volos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milena Kontou also celebrated the victory, adding another major title to her strong record. The Greek rower previously won bronze at the Paris Olympics and has collected multiple medals at European and World Championships.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/07\/26\/eleni-diavati-cries-during-the-national-anthem-after-gold-medal-win-at-u23-world-rowing-championships\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleni Diavati and Milena Kontou crowned world champions in women\u2019s double sculls Milena Kontou and Eleni Diavati claimed the gold medal in the women\u2019s double sculls at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Duisburg, Germany, rising to the top of the world. Emotion ran high during the medal ceremony. Nineteen-year-old Eleni Diavati could not hold &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Eleni Diavati cries during the national anthem after gold medal win at U23 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/eleni-diavati-cries-during-the-national-anthem-after-gold-medal-win-at-u23-world-rowing-championships-greek-city-times\/#more-18207\" aria-label=\"Read more about Eleni Diavati cries during the national anthem after gold medal win at U23 World Rowing Championships \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0733aa69-diavati.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}