{"id":18901,"date":"2026-08-05T10:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/greek-swimmer-alkis-kynigakis-finishes-eight-european-championships\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:23:52","slug":"greek-swimmer-alkis-kynigakis-finishes-eight-european-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/greek-swimmer-alkis-kynigakis-finishes-eight-european-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Swimmer Alkis Kynigakis Finishes Eight European Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"G\">\n<h3>Greek swimmer Alkis Kynigakis finished eighth in the men\u2019s 5km open water event at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.<\/h3>\n<p>Kynigakis stayed within striking distance of the leading group for much of the race but could not match the pace during the final sprint. He crossed the finish line in 56:02.5, finishing about 22 seconds behind the winner and 26 secondsahead of the ninth-placed swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s Florian Wellbrock completed a golden double after adding the 5km title to his 10km victory. He won the race in 55:40.2.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s David Betlehem claimed the silver medal for the second consecutive race, finishing in 55:42.6, while Italy\u2019s Gregorio Paltrinieri produced a strong late surge to overtake France\u2019s Sacha Velly and secure bronze in 55:44.7.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Top Eight \u2013 Men\u2019s 5km Open Water<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 337px;\" width=\"609\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"right\"><em><strong>Position<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Athlete<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Country<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Time<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Florian Wellbrock<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>55:40.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>David Betlehem<\/td>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>55:42.6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/td>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<td>55:44.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Sacha Velly<\/td>\n<td>France<\/td>\n<td>55:51.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td>Domenico Acerenza<\/td>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<td>55:54.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td>Marcello Guidi<\/td>\n<td>Italy<\/td>\n<td>55:54.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td>Krist\u00f3f Rasovszky<\/td>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>55:55.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>Alkis Kynigakis<\/td>\n<td>Greece<\/td>\n<td>56:02.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/05\/greek-swimmer-alkis-kynigakis-finishes-eight-european-championships\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek swimmer Alkis Kynigakis finished eighth in the men\u2019s 5km open water event at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris. Kynigakis stayed within striking distance of the leading group for much of the race but could not match the pace during the final sprint. He crossed the finish line in 56:02.5, finishing about 22 seconds &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greek Swimmer Alkis Kynigakis Finishes Eight European Championships\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/greek-swimmer-alkis-kynigakis-finishes-eight-european-championships\/#more-18901\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greek Swimmer Alkis Kynigakis Finishes Eight European Championships\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18902,"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\/08\/swimmer.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18901","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\/18901","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=18901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}