Track and field athlete Serbian born Cypriot Milan Trajkovic secured the 7th place in the men`s 110m hurdles, completing his race in a time of 13.41s at the Rio Olympics, during in the early hours of Wednesday.
According to the correspondent of the Cyprus Union of Sports Writers, Erodotos Miltiadous, 24-year-old Trajkovic is the first athlete to represent Cyprus at the finals of a running event in the Olympic Games.
The Olympic gold went to Jamaica`s Omar McLeod with a time of 13.05s, followed by Orlando Ortega from Spain with 13.17s and Dimitri Bascou from France with 13.24s.
Commenting after the race, Trajkovic said that he can do better in the future, noting that it is only the start.
Another Cypriot athlete, Kyriakos Ioannou, also finished in the 7th place in the men`s high jump with 2.29m. Competing in the same event, at the Rio Olympic Stadium, Dimitrios Chondrokoukis jumped 2.25m and finished 12th.
Derek Drouin from Canada won gold with 2.38m, Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar came second with 2.36m, while the bronze medal went to Bohdan Bondarenko from Ukraine with 2.33m.
Ioannou announced that, after taking part four times, he would not compete again in the Olympic Games. “My dream came true. I have won medals in indoor and outdoor track and field world championships and I hoped for a good place in the Olympics. Now I feel complete”, he said.
From his part, Chondrokoukis said that he was satisfied with the race, despite his injury problems.