Romanian athlete Amelia Ioana Negulescu won the silver medal in the triple jump on Sunday at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games in Senegal, with a distance of 12.67 metres.
The gold medal went to Spain's Gift Okunrobo, with 12.69 metres, while bronze was claimed by Burkina Faso's Zalissa Zongo, also with 12.67 metres, agerpres reports.
In the men's 3,000m, Liviu Vasilica Isache finished 10th in a time of 9 minutes 16.66 seconds.
In artistic gymnastics, Romania qualified for the team final after finishing eighth in the qualifying round with 91.030 points. However, the country will have no representative in the individual all-around final, as Aniela Tudor finished 25th (third reserve for the final) with 47.165 points, while Alexandra Nica came 39th with 43.865 points.
In the boxing tournament, Ionut Madalin Calugar qualified for the quarter-finals in the 50kg category after defeating Somalia's Hassan Anwar Mohamed by a first-round referee-stopped contest (RSC). In the quarter-finals, scheduled for 10 November, Calugar will face Colombia's Izzon Jeffrey Galea Arevalo.
In the women's 54kg category, Iasmina Georgiana Moraru was beaten on points by Colombia's Evelin Trejos Salas (0-5) in her opening bout in the round of 16.
Romania has so far won two gold medals and two silver medals. In addition to Amelia Ioana Negulescu's silver, swimmer Daria Silisteanu has secured the delegation's other three medals: gold in the 50m and 100m backstroke events and silver in the 100m butterfly.
The fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games - Dakar 2026 - are being held for the first time on the African continent, in Senegal, from October 31 to November 13. Romania is competing with 16 athletes across 10 sports: athletics, artistic gymnastics, wrestling, swimming, fencing, table tennis, archery, triathlon, boxing and rowing.
