European Rowing Championships. Romania leaves with eight medals, four of which are gold

Romania ended this edition of the European Rowing Championships with a new gold medal, after the women’s 8+1 crew, made up of Magdalena Rusu, Roxana Anghel, Adriana Adam, Maria Lehaci, Mădălina Bereș, Amalia Bereș, Ioana Vrânceanu, Simona Radiș, Victoria Petreanu won the race singlehandedly, notes the quoted source.

Romania finished in 6:32.00 and was followed by Great Britain (+3.16 seconds) and Italy (+5.41).

Romania also won gold in men’s double rowing. Andrei Cornea and Florin Enache brought the second gold medal of the day, at the end of an authoritatively dominated race. The Romanians finished the race in 6:44.55, followed by Spain with 6.52 seconds, and Germany with 6.94. “I wrote history for Romania. This race made us happy more than it hurt us”, Florin Enache said after the race, according to GSP.

Ancuța Bodnar and Simona Radiş finished in 3rd place in the double rowing final. In 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the two won the gold medal. In today’s race, the Romanians were overtaken by the Norwegians, who finished the race in 7:39.42, and by the Lithuanian boat, which came in at 2.08 seconds. Romania finished 4.24 seconds behind the champions.

Florin Arteni and Florin Lehaci finished in 2nd place in the double sculls race, after Great Britain, bringing the silver medal, after an excellent race finish. At 1,000 meters, halfway through the race, Romania was in 3rd place, after Great Britain and Switzerland. Great Britain finished the race with a time of 7:01:54. Romania came in at 2.34 seconds, and Switzerland at 4.96 seconds.

The Romanian men’s double frame team has also won two gold medals (2022, 2020), one silver (2019) and one bronze (2018).

Ioana Vrânceanu and Roxana Anghel brought the second gold medal of the Romanian delegation and the fourth overall, after winning the women’s doubles final. The two won the 2,000 meters with a time of 7:52.05. Greece came in at 8.82 seconds and Croatia at 11.08.

It is the second medal in a row that Ioana Vrânceanu and Roxana Anghel have won at the European Championships and the third that Romania’s women’s double-hull boat has won.

On Saturday, Romania won three medals at the European Rowing Championships: gold, silver and bronze.

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