In this episode
3 Sports No Life attends the 2025 Triathlon Awards and records 27 short conversations with people across Greek triathlon. Youth and age-group athletes, champions, coaches, club representatives, organisers and supporters discuss successes, difficulties and what the sport needs for its next period of development.
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- 02:51 — Christos Geitonas
- 09:38 — Nikos Barboudis
- 11:10 — Konstantinos Mitropapas
- 13:43 — Dimitris Lekkos
- 15:45 — Eleni Neratzi
- 19:16 — Eliza Dimou
- 22:23 — Grigoris Souvatzoglou
- 25:01 — Nelly Deliali
- 27:21 — Nikos Xanthopoulos
- 31:21 — Sofia Garefi
- 34:12 — George Mavrotas
- 36:16 — Nikitas Kallitsis
- 39:01 — Kostas Vogiatzoglou
- 41:55 — Apostolos Chrysafelis
- 43:19 — Anastasios Stathopoulos
- 50:21 — Leonidas Kalogeropoulos
- 54:16 — Marina Dimitropoulou
- 57:27 — Michalis Mouroutsos
- 59:07 — Lefteris Petrounias
- 01:00:55 — Rania Giannakopoulou
- 01:03:21 — Giannis Gialias
- 01:05:19 — Charilaos Tsolakis
- 01:10:39 — Michalis Tatsis
- 01:13:10 — Mania Bikof
- 01:16:37 — Dimitris Theodorakakos
- 01:21:17 — Greta Lymberopoulou
- 01:23:08 — Rania Nomikou and Panagiotis Dimopoulos
Detailed show notes
A picture of Greek triathlon
This episode was recorded live at the 2025 Triathlon Awards. The hosts collect short conversations with people from different sides of the sport: athletes, coaches, clubs, organisers and supporters.
It is not built around one central interview, but offers a panorama of the community across the evening.
Athletes’ journeys
The mini-interviews show that there is no single route to success. Age-groupers, champions and athletes across distances discuss the past year and what they took from it.
The common thread is each personal journey, rather than one shared training model.
Young athletes and the next generation
Part of the evening belongs to younger athletes and the categories building the next generation. The discussion returns to sustained support so that a good season does not remain an isolated event.
Clubs, coaches and support
Alongside athletes are coaches, club representatives and those maintaining the sport’s everyday infrastructure. Without them, the season’s performances have no foundation.
Safety and responsible participation
Several short conversations return to the same principle: participation has value when accompanied by safety and prevention. The evening does not turn this into instructions, but records it as a prerequisite repeatedly raised by people in the sport.
Community and the future
The closing conversations look ahead. Athletes, organisers and supporters discuss cooperation, recognition and the conditions needed for Greek triathlon to keep growing.
Key takeaways
- Greek triathlon contains different journeys: athletes, coaches, clubs and organisers share one community.
- Young athletes need sustained support, not just one good season.
- Clubs, coaches and events form the sport’s shared infrastructure.
- Safety and prevention are prerequisites for participation, not details.
- The next phase of development needs community cooperation.
