{"id":3718,"date":"2024-11-12T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T09:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliam.gr\/?page_id=3718"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:40:58","slug":"sports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eliam.gr\/en\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3718\" class=\"elementor elementor-3718\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c28789 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"6c28789\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80336ec sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"80336ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1921bce sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-trx_sc_title\" data-id=\"1921bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"trx_sc_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"sc_title sc_title_decoration extra_vision\"><h2 class=\"sc_item_title sc_title_title sc_item_title_style_decoration sc_item_title_tag\"\n\t\t\t><span class=\"sc_item_title_text\">Sports<\/span><\/h2><\/div><!-- \/.sc_title -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48f072 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a48f072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-399a447 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"399a447\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85928c3 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"85928c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ba248 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67ba248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sports spread in the Eastern Mediterranean beginning in the late 19th century via the European schools especially those with an Anglo-Saxon curriculum that emphasized physical training and competition as well as the sports clubs European residents established.<\/p><p>The Greeks started to engage in sporting activities either because they had attended those schools, for example Robert College in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) or Victoria College in Alexandria or through their social contacts with the other Europeans. Sporting activities were a means of cultural and social interaction and a core element in the lives of the Greeks through 1922 in the Ottoman Empire and throughout the 20th century in Egypt.<\/p><p>The sports clubs in Alexandria, Cairo, Constantinople and Smyrna (present-day Izmir) were active in track and field sports, football, basketball, volleyball and water sports. Athletes participated in several competitions as for example the Pan-Constantinopolitan, Pan-Egyptian, Pan-Hellenic and Pan-Ionian Games as well as international competitions in which they had many successes even at the level of the Balkan and the Olympic Games.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0aaf9fe sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"0aaf9fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9ddd8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f9ddd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4689\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/eliam.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/athlitismos-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b01e087 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"b01e087\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe57951 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"fe57951\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333b0b8 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"333b0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Sport was also important in the Greek schools and the biggest and most impressive event of the school year was the Sports Day that included displays of exercises and track and field competitions. 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