Medals for Romanian athletes
Romanian athletes have grabbed a number of medals last weekend
Florin Orban, 18.04.2023, 14:00
Several European competitions are scheduled
for April, and Romanian delegations have grabbed very good results and actually
scooped a number of medals. Most medals were grabbed at the European
Weightlifting Championships hosted by Yerevan, Armenia. Although the
competition is scheduled to end on April 23, Romanian athletes have already won
11 medals, six of which are gold. On Saturday, in the 49-kg category, Mihaela
Cambei won gold in the snatch event with 92 kilograms, in clean and jerk with
106 kilograms and in total with 198 kilograms. She also set two new European
records in the snatch and total events. Also on Saturday, in the 45-kg
category, Cosmina Pană won two silver medals, in the snatch and total events.
The best results that day were grabbed by Andreea Cotruța, who represented
Romania in the 55-kg category. Our athlete won gold in the snatch event with 91
kilograms, in the clean and jerk event with 110 kilograms, missing one attempt
in each event, and won the total event with 201 kilograms. Also on Sunday, in
the men’s competition, Valentin Iancu won bronze in the snatch event and silver
in the clean and jerk and total events in the 55-kg category. On Wednesday, the
several-time world and European champion Loredana Toma will compete in the
71-kg category. The objective set for the Romanian delegation was four medals.
It’s also worth mentioning that the World Championships in Yerevan is one of
the five competitions Romanian athletes can choose to take part in if they want
to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. All weightlifters must compete in at
least three out of the five events.
Our Romanian gymnasts also have their eyes
set on the Olympic Games to be hosted by France next year, as last weekend they
competed in the European Championships hosted by Antalya, Turkey. The men’s
team ranked 11 in the team event, while the women’s team ranked 5, which
guarantees qualification to the World Championships to be hosted this autumn by
Antwerp, Belgium. This event will decide which teams will qualify to the
Olympic Games. It’s worth noting in this respect that Romania has qualified to
the gymnastics event at the Olympic Games since 2012. In the latest European
Championships in Turkey, Sabrina Voinea won bronze in the floor event and
ranked 4th in the vault final. In the men’s competition, Gabriel
Burtănete ranked 4th in
the vault final, while Andrei Muntean ranked 4th in the parallel
bars event. (VP)
