Romania came out second in the nations ranking at the European Rowing Championships in Slovenia
Romania finished second in the medal standing by country at the European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, with 5 gold medals and a silver one.
The last day of the competition brought Romania most of the medals. Ionela Cozmiuc won the champion title in lightweight women's single sculls, then Ioana Vrînceanu and Roxana Anghel did the same in the women's pair final, while world and Olympic champions Simona Radiș and Ancuța Bodnar won the women's double sculls race.
Last year, Ionela Cozmiuc won her first European champion title in the lightweight women's single sculls, which however is not an Olympic event. She also won the event's final at the World Championships in the Czech Republic, and now she has added yet another gold medal to her track record.
Ioana Vrînceanu and Roxana Anghel deployed excellent tactics in the final, and came ahead of the Dutch team by over one second at the end. Last year in Munich, Ioana Vrînceanu won the continental title together with Denisa Tâlvescu.
In Bled, Simona Radiș and Ancuța Bodnar had the toughest competition since 2019, when they won the silver medal at the European Championships in Lucerne. They have dominated this event in all major competitions since, by significant margins, as was the case last year both in the European and the World championships. They have 4 European champions titles in the women's double sculls - in 2020 in Poznan, in 2021 in Varese, in 2022 in Munich, and now in Bled.
The last day of the competition, Sunday the 28 May, ended with yet another victory for Romania, in the women's eight. The Romanians defeated teams from Italy, the UK and Germany. Of the 9 athletes in the Romanian team, 7 have 2 gold medals each in this year's continental championships.
On Saturday, Romania had won another gold medal in Bled, in the women's quadruple sculls final. The Romanians defeated the UK and Netherlands.
Meanwhile, the European and World champions Marius Cozmiuc and Sergiu Bejan, who on Saturday won the European silver in the men's eight race, on Sunday finished way behind their opponents, finishing 5th. In the men's quadruple sculls final, the Romanian team were very close to getting the gold, but in spite of a strong finish they were unable to catch up with the French team. Last year, the same Romanian team won the bronze in Munich. In fact, the European Championships in Munich in 2022 saw the best performance in the history of Romanian rowing, with 5 gold and 3 bronze medals. (AMP)
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