Romanian cyclist
\nEde-K\u00e1roly Moln\u00e1r this past Sunday won
\nthe European title in the mountain bike cross-country eliminator held in
\nSakarya, Turkey. It was Romanian cyclism’s all-time high so far. Reason enough
\nfor Radio Romania International to designate Ede-K\u00e1roly Moln\u00e1r the Athlete of
\nthe week.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
According to
\nAgerpres Romanian news agency, in Turkey, Molnar overpowered great mountain bike
\ncyclists such as the French Titouan Perrin-Ganier or Nils-Obed Riecker and Simon
\nGegenheimer of Germany. Molnar was also lucky, because during the last leg of
\nthe race one of his three challengers got his bike chain broken, so right from
\nthe start Molnar secured a medal for himself. The Romania stepped up a little
\nbit and walked away with gold, being one second faster than many-time European and
\nworld champion, Titouan Perrin-Ganier, <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Ede-K\u00e1roly
\nMoln\u00e1r hails from Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe, in central Romania. He was born on March 6, 1996.
\nMolnar has been competing in the Concureaz\u0103 la cross-country eliminator (XCE) since
\n2022 when he also won a bronze medal at the European Championship in Portugal. He also competed in the Olympic cross-country (XCO) and in the short-track (XCC) races, where he walked
\naway with silver at the National Championships in 2023. Molnar was only defeated
\nby Vlad Dasc\u0103lu, a cyclist who will represent Romanian at the 2024 edition of
\nthe Olympic Games in Paris, in the Olympic cross-country race. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
For the Romanian
\ncyclist, the next top-notch competition is drawing near as in two weeks’ time
\nthe World Championships are about to kick-start, held in Palangkaraya, Indonesia. It is the competition where
\nMolnar will have the opportunity to prove the success in Turkey was not a
\nrandom performance. <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
—–<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cyclist Ede-K\u00e1roly Moln\u00e1r<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":577585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[31316,116639,41977,32933],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-121241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-championship","tag-cyclist","tag-race","tag-win"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n