Romanian swimmer wins gold medal at European Junior Championships in Vilnius
<p>Romanian swimmer Daria-Măriuca Silișteanu won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke event on Sunday, July 7, at the European Junior Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. </p>
<p>Silișteanu was timed at 1 minute 00.72 seconds, followed in the final standings by Hungarian Lora Komoroczy, who had 1 minute 01.39 seconds, and Spain's Estella Llum Tonrath Nollgen, with 1 minute 01.49 seconds, according to <a href="https://www.g4media.ro/inotatoarea-daria-silisteanu-a-luat-aurul-la-europenele-de-juniori-la-proba-de-100-metri-spate.html">G4Media</a>.</p>
<p>In the similar men's event, Alexandru Constantinescu finished fourth with a time of 55.38 seconds, behind Italian Daniele Del Signore (54.68), Irish John Shortt (54.74), and Czech Jakub Jan Krischke (55.18).</p>
<p>In the 400-meter freestyle, Robert-Andrei Badea finished fifth with a time of 3 minutes 53.89 seconds, while Nandor Nagy was seventh with a time of 3 minutes 54.36 seconds. </p>
<p>In the women's 400-meter freestyle final, Rebecca-Aimee Diaconescu, an athlete who qualified for the 2024 Olympics (in the 200-meter freestyle event), finished seventh with a time of 4 minutes 17.17 seconds. </p>
<p>Romania (Daria-Măriuca Silișteanu, Brigitta Vass, Denisa-Maria Bacalu, Rebecca-Aimee Diaconescu) finished seventh in the final of the women's 4×100 meter medley relay with a time of 4 minutes 08.91 seconds. In the men's 4×100 meter medley relay, Romania (Robert Badea, Matei State, Vlad Mihalache, Darius Coman) did not qualify for the final (3:45.66). </p>
<p>Romania concluded the competition with a total of seven medals: four gold medals, won by Vlad-Ștefan Mihalache (200 m butterfly), Robert-Andrei Badea (200 m individual medley, 400 m individual medley), and Daria-Măriuca Silișteanu (100 m backstroke); two silver medals, won by Rebecca-Aimee Diaconescu (200 m freestyle) and Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu (200 m backstroke); and one bronze medal, won by Alexandru Constantinescu (200 m backstroke). </p>
<p>Romania ranked fourth in the medal standings, behind Italy (13-9-3), Hungary (4-3-4), and Turkey (4-3-3).</p>
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<p><em>(Photo source: European Aquatics on Facebook)</em></p>