{"id":20469,"date":"2026-08-29T08:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/greek-athletes-continue-medal-success-at-taranto-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T08:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T08:42:46","slug":"greek-athletes-continue-medal-success-at-taranto-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/greek-athletes-continue-medal-success-at-taranto-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek Athletes Continue Medal Success at Taranto 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h3>Team Greece added two more medals and recorded significant successes across several sports on Friday, August 28, as Greece continued its impressive campaign at the 20th Mediterranean Games, \u201cTaranto 2026.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Greece added another bronze medal to its haul, with Angelos Stylianos Sarantakis reaching the podium in the men\u2019s Air Rifle competition after scoring 227.4 points in the final.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Historic Bronze for Greek Badminton<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Greek badminton once again produced one of the day\u2019s standout performances.<\/p>\n<p>Tania Labriniadou and Eleni Moutevelidou faced T\u00fcrkiye in the women\u2019s doubles semifinal and secured the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>The achievement carries particular significance as it represents Greece\u2019s second badminton medal at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games and further highlights the sport\u2019s historic presence in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek pair had already secured a medal by reaching the semifinals, marking one of the most important moments for the Greek delegation in Taranto.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women\u2019s Handball Team Reaches Semifinals<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Greek women\u2019s national handball team also recorded a major success, defeating Algeria 35-24 to secure its place in the Mediterranean Games semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Greece produced an impressive performance and continues its campaign with a place in the final as its next target, along with the opportunity to claim another medal for the country.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Greece Reaches 39 Medals<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The latest successes underline Team Greece\u2019s strong performance at the 20th Mediterranean Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek delegation has competed strongly across a wide range of sports, with particularly strong medal performances in swimming, fin swimming, wrestling, badminton, shooting and other disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>Greece has maintained third place in the medal table, behind Italy and T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<p>With 39 medals overall, Team Hellas continues its Taranto campaign with high expectations. Several days of competition remain, giving Greek athletes further opportunities to reach the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Team Greece continues to make its mark at the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, with Greek athletes giving their best each day and keeping the Greek flag flying high.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tbadminton, Greece, Greece medals, Greek athletes, Greek sports, handball, medals, Mediterranean Games, shooting, swimming, Taranto 2026, Team Hellas, wrestling\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74a7af42a3ee68b1eb9b880b91e3e713144e269e50db87b04a35501c8e1351f8?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74a7af42a3ee68b1eb9b880b91e3e713144e269e50db87b04a35501c8e1351f8?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Kosta Papadopoulos<\/h5>\n<p>Kosta Papadopoulos is an editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, travel, sport, and entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/29\/greek-athletes-continue-medal-success-at-taranto-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Greece added two more medals and recorded significant successes across several sports on Friday, August 28, as Greece continued its impressive campaign at the 20th Mediterranean Games, \u201cTaranto 2026.\u201d Greece added another bronze medal to its haul, with Angelos Stylianos Sarantakis reaching the podium in the men\u2019s Air Rifle competition after scoring 227.4 points &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Greek Athletes Continue Medal Success at Taranto 2026\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/greek-athletes-continue-medal-success-at-taranto-2026\/#more-20469\" aria-label=\"Read more about Greek Athletes Continue Medal Success at Taranto 2026\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20470,"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\/hellas.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20469","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\/20469","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=20469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}