Cypriot athletes Maria Kyriakou (cycling) and Cleopatra Philippeti (bocce) have won gold medals in the Los Angeles Special Olympics.
Maria Kyriakou was competing in the 1km cycling event, while Irineos Charalambous won the silver medal and Stella Papavasiliou and Giorgos Gregoriou got the 4th and 6th spots respectively, a Cypriot Federation of Special Olympics press release says.
At the same time at the mixed 4×50 relay race the Cypriot team comprised by Demetris Gianni, Timotheos Vasiliou, Elena Christodoulou and Katerina Tochniti won the silver medal.
Katerina Tochniti also won the bronze medal competing in 50m backstroke.
On his part Panayiotis Kayias finished at third place and secured a bronze medal in the 400m walk.
Nicoleta Christodoulou won a silver medal in shot put.
Nicolas Pericleous and Eleni Pelekanou also won silver medals in men and women bowling respectively.