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In the men’s final, Iasonas Kanellos and Angelos Mandilaris beat Stylianos Tzioumakas and Dimitris Chatzinikolaou 2-1 (21-14, 24-26, 15-13), and started in the best possible way this year’s Panhellenic Beach Volleyball Championship, as they hope to retain the title that they won in 2021.
In the women’s final, 19-year-old’s from Crete Georgina Antonakaki and Ioanna Perdikaki caused a major surprise. The young athletes started their journey from the qualifiers and eventually took the gold medal, edging Dimitra Manavi and Mirto Kalamaridou in the final 2-1 (21-14, 15-21, 18-16).
The 23-year-old Kanellos and Antonakaki received the awards for the MVPs of the competition.
The President of the Hellenic Volleyball Federation Mr Georgios Karampetsos and the President of the Culture, Sports and Youth Organisation of the Municipality of Athens, Mrs Niki Arabatzi awarded the winners of the competition at the truly iconic venue set up in Athens downtown.