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Papatheodorou and Oliveira Share Youth Olympic Backstroke Gold
Both swimmers touch in 25.69 seconds in Dakar, with Belgium’s Alexander van Hoey Billiet taking bronze.
Greece’s Nikolaos Papatheodorou and Portugal’s Miguel Reis Oliveira tied for gold in the men’s 50-meter backstroke at the Dakar Youth Olympics on Thursday, both finishing in 25.69 seconds.
Belgium’s Alexander van Hoey Billiet took bronze in 25.91, World Aquatics reported.
The result gave Greece its first Youth Olympic swimming gold and Portugal its first swimming medal at the Games. Papatheodorou completed a medal set after taking silver in the 100 backstroke and bronze in the 200.
