Another two Romanian crews through to the finals of U23 Rowing World Championships in Plovdiv

Autor: Andreea Năstase
Publicat: 21-07-2023 16:23

Another two Romanian crews qualified for the finals of the U23 Rowing World Championships in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) on Friday.

The duo of Andrada-Maria Morosanu and Iulia-Liliana Balauca won the second repechage in the women's double sculls event (07:06.47) and will compete in Final A.

The men's 8+1 crew of Constantin Emanuele Sterea, Gheorghe Scripcaru, Cristian-Vasile Nicoara, Andrei Hemen, Costi-Daniel Neagoe, Ionut Pavel, Gheorghe Morar, Alexandru Gherasim and Maria-Antonia Iancu will also compete in the Final A, after finishing second in the repechage (05:42.83).

The women's quad made up of Emanuela-Ioana Ciotau, Alexandra Ungureanu, Cristina Druga and Patricia Cires qualified for Final A on Wednesday.

Sebastian Timis and Eduard Angel Moldovan will compete in Final B of the men's pair after placing fifth in the second semifinal on Friday (07:03.37).

The women's 8+1 crew of Daria-Ioana Dinulescu, Elena-Diana Suta, Manuela-Gabriela Lungu, Florentina Buburuzan, Estera-Costina-Beatrice Vilceanu, Larisa-Andreea Bogdan, Valentina Amalia Azoitei, Andreea Petras and Irina Lucia Andreea Despa only came in 5th in the repechage (06:37.87) and was eliminated.

Dragos Valentin Peia will compete in Final C of the men's single sculls event after winning the first C/D semifinal (07:29.87).

At the 2022 U23 World Championships in Varese (Italy) Romania won three medals: gold in the women's double sculls through Andrada-Maria Morosanu and Iulia-Liliana Balauca, silver in the women's quadruple sculls through Emanuela-Ioana Ciotau, Cristina Druga, Alexandra Ungureanu and Patricia Cires, and bronze in the men's pair, through Andrei Mandrila and Claudiu Neamtu. AGERPRES