 Complete the following phrase:  As for Ismailciuc himself, realising he could not match fellow Dinamo canoeist Leon Rotmans times in the singles events, he looked for a partner among the young people he had selected, and he chose Dumitru Alexe. The two of them competed in the C-2 events in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Some liver complaints by Ismailciuc prevented them being placed higher than fifth in the C-2 10000 m event. However, they competed brilliantly in the C-2 1000 m event, where they won Olympic gold. They went on to become European champions in Ghent, Belgium 1957 in the C-2 10000 m event they won silver in the C-2 1000 m event. The bronze medal in C-2 10000 m was won by two of Ismailciucs protégés Ichim Lipalit-Lavrente Calinov, as one country was entitled to two entries in each event. At the 