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The Hellenic Olympic Committee's Reward For Dual Status: Olympian And Student

Athletes who have already qualified for Paris 2024 and have also completed their university studies received their awards last week. The project is funded by the European Union.

The combination of athlete and student has its rewards. This status, reserved for a privileged few, has its benefits, and this week it was rewarded by the Hellenic Olympic Committee. In recognition of their achievements, all the athletes who have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and have also completed their university studies have received awards. It is not easy to secure a place in the world's most important sporting event and at the same time be a university student and complete your studies. 

The European Union is funding a project called "Olympic Committees for Dual Career - OCDC" to promote dual careers. For young people who want to make their mark in the world through their passions, this is Plan A and Plan B. Ms Georgia Papathanasiou, Head of the EU Projects Department at the HOC, presented the results of the project.

The countdown to Paris 2024 is on and the months leading up to the Games are always special in Greece. In just two weeks, the Olympic torch will begin its journey to the French capital. A ceremony will be held to mark the start of its journey across Europe. Greek Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Duskos will be the first torchbearer for the Paris 2024 Olympic flame. The journey will begin at the stadium in ancient Olympia.

Around 600 people will take turns to carry the torch in Greece, covering more than 5,000 kilometres across the country, from Meteora to the island of Kastelorizo, from Delphi to Santorini, before arriving at the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens on 26 April 2024, where the journey through Greece will end and the rest of the journey to France will begin.

The final Greek torchbearers will be players from the national water polo team. They won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The flame will then travel by ship from the port of Piraeus to Marseilles, where it will arrive on 8 May, before continuing its journey by land to Paris.

"Greece and France are united by close ties of cooperation and solidarity. Paris will host an excellent Olympic Games. It will demonstrate the greatness of the French people," said HOC President Spyros Capralos recently.

4A No. 4 Trojans Topple Olympians

Things started out smooth for Columbus East Wednesday night when Jackson Watkins pitched a scoreless first inning against Class 4A No. 4 Center Grove.

After that, it went south for the host Olympians. The Trojans, last year's 4A state runner-up, scored four times in the second and 12 more in the third on their way to a 17-1, five-inning baseball victory.

Center Grove (2-0) managed its 17 runs on only nine hits, but walked 13 times and took advantage of five East errors.

"It's tough when you give them, I don't know how many freebies we gave them," East coach Jon Gratz said. "You can't do that to a team like that and let things snowball. You have to find a way, when they get a couple guys on, to kind of minimize the damage. We didn't do a very good job of that tonight. We gave them a lot of free bases."

Watkins was relieved by Eli Tindell with one out in the third. AJ Tindell came on with still one out in the third and allowed only one run over the final 2 2/3 innings.

"AJ Tindell came on in relief there, and he's only been pitching less than a year, and he threw really well and kept them off balance," Gratz said. "I thought Jackson Watkins started the game looking good and then kind of got into trouble there in the third."

The Olympians (0-2) scored their run in the bottom of the third when Chase Niese struck out, but reached first on a wild pitch with one out. With two out, Blake Borkhardt lined an RBI-triple to right center.

That was East's lone hit off Trojan pitchers Conner Vander Luitgaren, Talon Richey and Leo McEnulty.

"We didn't swing it great today," Gratz said. "We have to work against some (velocity). It's hard to simulate velo in practice since we don't have anybody that throws really hard. We have to try to find other ways to simulate it, and that's what we're going to work on."

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