Rowing

The European Rowing Championships held in Portugal in mid-June were a good opportunity for Romanian rowers to prove themselves.

Steliu Lambru, 26.06.2013, 12:30

The Romanian delegation returned from Portugal with no less that six medals, contrary to the expectations of the local rowing federation. Romanian rowers participated in 12 finals in total. In the women’s 1,000 meter kayak double finals, Irina Lauric and Bianca Plesca came in third, winning Romania’s first bronze medal in the competition. In the men’s 1,000 m canoe double, Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi also won the bronze medal.

In the 1,000 m coxed four race, the Romanian crew made up of Gabriel Gheoca, Catalin Costache, Iosif Chirila and Florin Comanici came in second. In the 500 m canoe double final, Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi won silver.

In the 200 m race, women rowers Roxana Borha and Iulia Taran finished in the third position, winning the third bronze medal for the Romanian delegation. The fourth bronze came from Florin Comanici in the men’s 5,000 m singles race.

Mihaela Lulea and Iulian Serban put on a remarkable performance in the paracanoe races. Mihaela Lulea came in second in the kayak finals, while Iulian Serban came in first in the men’s kayak finals to win his fourth European title in a row.

In the other finals, Iosif Chirila finished 8th in the men’s single 500 m canoe finals, Roxana Barhon and Iulian Taran came in 6th in the men’s 500 m kayak double finals, Ionut Mitrea came in 8th in the men’ s 200 m kayak singles finals, while Ionut Mitrea and Iulian Serban came in 9th in the men’s 200 m kayak double finals.