Late Monday night, the new world champion in the pole vault indoors, Kostas Filippides, returned to Greece two days after the gold medal in the world championship of Sopot .

«We are very pleased both my and my coach. We are very happy with the gold medal at the world championship. It wasn’t a shock for us. It was something we expected and we were sure of it. Everyone makes his own effort in sports. Congratulations to all the members of the group because they gave their best and fought hard despite all the difficulties and hardships we face in training for these games» Kostas said about his effort and the gold medal that he brought back to Greece .