The 82-year-old Constantine, the final monarch of Greece and an Olympic gold medalist
Greece’s Athens — Having won an Olympic gold medal before being involved in his nation’s turbulent politics as king in the 1960s and spending decades in exile, Constantine, the former and last monarch of Greece has passed away. He was 82. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Beach Volleyball Tickets from our website.
After receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, doctors at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens confirmed to The Associated Press that Constantine passed away late Tuesday. However, they had no other information until an official announcement.
When he became Constantine II in 1964, at the age of 23, the young monarch had already garnered fame as a gold medalist in sailing at the Olympics. He was also incredibly well-liked. By the following year, he had largely wasted that support due to his active participation in the plots that toppled Prime Minister George Papandreou’s elected Center Union administration.
The episode in which some parliamentarians left the ruling party—still commonly referred to as the “apostasy” in Greece—destabilized the constitutional order and sparked a military takeover in 1967. After a run-in with the military authorities, Constantine was eventually exiled.
The monarchy was overthrown by the dictatorship in 1973, and Constantine’s prospects of ever governing again were shattered by a referendum held after democracy was reestablished in 1974.
He made only brief trips to Greece during the ensuing decades, which caused a political and media uproar each time, but in his later years, when opposing his presence was no longer seen as a sign of vigilant republicanism, he was able to return home. Constantine developed as a largely uncontroversial man with no hankering after the Greek monarchy.
Prince Paul, the younger brother of King George II and presumed heir to the throne, and Princess Frederica of Hanover welcomed Constantine into the world on June 2, 1940, in Athens. Sophia, his older sister, is married to Juan Carlos I of Spain, a previous monarch. An uncle was the late Duke of Edinburgh and late Queen Elizabeth II’s spouse, the late Prince Philip, who was of Greek descent.
To prepare for his future position, Constantine first received his education in a boarding school before enrolling in three military schools and classes at the Athens Law School. Along with competing in other sports, he was a black belt in karate and sailed.
At the age of 20, he and two other Greek sailors won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the Dragon Class, which is no longer an Olympic class. Constantine was elected to the International Olympic Committee while still a prince, and in 1974 he was made an honorary member for life.
Constantine “was only tenth in the first race, but subsequently finished no worse than fourth in any of the last six races to win the gold medal by almost 1,000 points over the Argentine crew onboard Tango,” according to Olympedia.org. [Constantine] was thrown into the water by his mother, Queen Frederika, and received the customary dunking in celebration of his win.
Nigeria wants to send beach volleyball teams to the 2024 Olympics in Paris
The primary objective of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation for the coming year, according to President Musa Nimrod, is for one of the nation’s teams to earn a spot in the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
Nimrod declared that the Federation was ready for the coming year during his New Year’s address. He has also acknowledged that they will also require outside assistance. Olympic fans can buy Paris Olympic 2024 Tickets from our website.
According to Nimrod, who was quoted by Pulse, “Our doors are open for sponsorships and support, as well as seeking cooperation and Memorandum of Understandings with corporate organizations that wish to tap into the sport as a social obligation to the Nigerian young?”
Our goal for this year is to represent Nigeria at the many significant continental and international engagements, such as the 2023 African Games, the 2023 African Youth Games, and the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) U-19 Boys World Youth Championship, as well as several beach volleyball competitions that will culminate in the 2024 Olympic qualifiers. We have a chance to increase our dedication and commitment to our goals and objectives in 2023.
This can only be accomplished via our combined efforts and shared desire for the federation’s success. To give athletes the greatest opportunity to compete, according to Nimrod, the Federation is seeking to organize more competitions. The beach volleyball teams of Nigeria have a chance to qualify for Paris 2024 even if none of its indoor volleyball teams are competing in the respective FIVB Olympic qualifying competitions.
Nigeria’s best chance of qualifying for the Olympics is through continental competitions in the discipline. Nimrod said, “In 2022, we dared to broaden our view to include the National Division 2 Volleyball League and the Beach Volleyball Tour.
This year, a new category for tour newcomers will be established. The goal is to give players at all skill levels access to the game’s opportunities. We still feel we can improve despite our mistakes, but we can only improve by working together with a single goal in mind.
Regardless of the difficulties we encountered, the past is now only a lesson. We now have fresh hope for a bigger vision and better objectives as the New Year begins.
The beach volleyball competition at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022 will feature two African teams.
Beach volleyball qualifiers for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games include a men’s and women’s African squad. Over the next five days, the most recent qualification will be held in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
The African qualification tournament was originally planned to take place in January but was moved to March 25–29 due to travel logistics issues. Beyond only deciding which teams will advance from the qualifying, this competition has the potential to affect the world rankings before the new positions are officially established on March 31.
The top five teams in both the men’s and women’s divisions who are eligible to compete at the Commonwealth Games will be able to advance through the rankings. Currently, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, The Gambia, and Rwanda are the men’s teams competing in the event alongside the hosts, England.
Women’s rankings currently have Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus, and Kenya as the top five countries. In the men’s competition, Mozambique and Ghana are the teams who stand the best chance of unseating The Gambia and Rwanda in the standings, which could change the countries that qualify.
Kenya’s biggest competitors in the women’s competition are probably going to be from Rwanda and Nigeria, and The Gambia and Mozambique will also be competing for the top spot. If Nigeria wins the competition and Rwanda surpasses Kenya in the standings, Kenya may not be given a ticket to the Commonwealth Games. South Africa, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Botswana are some of the other countries that are anticipated to participate in the Games.
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