ATHENS: A famous Greek long jumper will auction his shoes, with the proceeds to be donated for the child victims of the twin earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye last week, local media reported Thursday.
The sports shoes, which were worn by Olympic gold medalist Miltiadis Tentoglou in his latest performance Wednesday at the World Athletics Indoor Tour in France, will be auctioned as suggested to him by his coach Giorgos Pomaski, Anadolu Agency citing public broadcaster ERT’s report said.
Tentoglou, born in 1998, won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a jump of 8.41 metres.
He also won four consecutive European titles, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
At least 38,044 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, the country’s disaster agency said early Friday. – BERNAMA
