Romania wins gold, bronze medals at Under-19 World Rowing Championships
<p>Romanian athletes won one gold medal and one bronze medal on Sunday, August 10, at the Under-19 World Rowing Championships in Trakai, Lithuania.</p>
<p>The gold was claimed by Teodora Lehaci and Denisa Mihaela Vasilică in the women’s pair, with two seconds ahead of the silver medalists from Uzbekistan.</p>
<p>The bronze medal was won by the women’s eight (Teodora Sandu, Mariana Cașu, Ioana Gabriela Cristescu, Elena Maria Toma, Sava Elena Danci, Mădălina-Dumitrița Ursaciuc, Francesca Iulia Stejar, Angela Gabriela Cazacu, Ștefania-Jakril Băicuși), who finished behind Great Britain and the United States in the final.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the women’s four, Romania (Ana-Maria Bordanc, Alexandra Daria Crăciun, Marina Ariana Balint, Jessica Popescu) came in fourth (07:17.82), after the USA (07:09.61), Great Britain (07:10.20), and Italy (07:12.92).&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the men’s quadruple sculls, Romania (Paul Alin Corodescu, David Costel Chitic, Ivan Petcovici, Sebastian-Constantin Lupu) finished fourth (06:20.29), after Germany (06:12.23), Italy (06:15.55), and Switzerland (06:17.42).&nbsp;</p>
<p>Romania also placed fourth (06:08.06) in the men’s eight (Constantin Tricolici, Gabriel-Valentin Rusu, Gabriel Ostaș, Alexandru-Ștefan Pădure, Ionuț-Denis Ungureanu, Damian Feraru, Samuel Moldovan, David Ioan Naharneac, and Irina Lucia Andreea Despa), after Great Britain (05:57.59), the Czech Republic (06:01.10), and Germany (06:02.88).&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the women’s quadruple sculls, Anca Andreea Culidiuc, Daria-Elena Maximiuc, Sonia Teodora Biță, and Stejara Olariu finished fifth (07:02.41).&nbsp;</p>
<p>The men’s four (Radu-Andrei Enescu, Daniel Vasile Chitic, Robert Ioan Muraru, Andrei Perdei) placed second in the B Final (06:36.01), after Turkey (06:35.55), ranking eighth overall.</p>
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<p><em>(Photo source:&nbsp;Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român on Facebook)</em></p>