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The Romanian athletes won ten medals, eight gold and two bronze, on Saturday, on the first day of the c (Israel).
Ioana Madalina Miron won three gold medals in the 40 kg category, the U15 section, for a 52 kg snatch, a 67 kg clean-and-jerk and totalled 119 kg.
Ramona Andrusca also won three gold medals in the 45 kg category, U15, for a 62 snatch, a 78 kg clean-and-jerk and totalled 140 kg.
In the 49 kg category, Alondra Iacob ranked 5th with a 60 kg snatch, she won a gold medal for a 89 kg clean-and-jerk and totalled 149 kg, ranking 3rd.
In the men's 49 kg category, Romanian Ercan Sali missed all three 74 kg snatch attempts and ranked 7th with a 93 kg clean-and-jerk. In the same category (U15), Dan Isofache ranked 5th with a 73 kg snatch and ended on 8th position with a 90 kg clean-and-jerk and totalled 163 kg, ranking 7th.
In the 49 kg category, Leonard Sandu (U17) ranked 6th with a 76 kg snatch and won the gold for a 109 kg clean-and-jerk, and in total he also won a bronze medal with 185 kg.
Initially, the competition was supposed to take place in Romania in September, in Constanta, but our country gave up and hosted the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, in October.
Romania has lined up 28 athletes for the European Weightlifting Championships in Eilat.
