Romania Wins Two Gold, One Silver Medal At European Canoe Sprint Championships

Romania wins two gold, one silver medal at  European Canoe Sprint Championships

Romanian athletes won two gold and one silver medal at the European Junior and U-23 Canoe Sprint Championships in Auronzo (Italy) on Saturday.

BUCHAREST, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Jun, 2018 ) :Romanian athletes won two gold and one silver medal at the European Junior and U-23 Canoe Sprint Championships in Auronzo (Italy) on Saturday.

In the junior women's K1 1000 race, Laura Plesca won the gold for 00:04:10.025. Next came Czech Sofia Kinclova (00:04:10.381) and Denmark's Helene Fabrin-Brasted (00:04:11.048).

In the canoe-1 junior men's C1 1000 race, Romanian Alexandru Patrascu finished 6th (00:04:12.398), while compatriots Cristian Baccela and Razvan Batagui finished 5th the canoe-2 junior men's C2 1000 race (00:03:51.

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In the Under-23 category, Catalin Chirila and Stefan Strat won the gold medal in the canoe-2 U23 men's C2 1000 race (00:03:34.517). Following in the ranking were Belarusians Vladislav Lukashuk / Ivan Patapenka (00:03:35.084), and Spain's Noel Dominguez / Gonzalo Martin (00:03:36.124 ).

Leonid Carp won a silver medal for Romania in the canoe-1 U23 men's C 1000 race, clocking in at 00:03:53.390, overtaken by Italian Carlo Tacchini (00:03:52.096).