Romanian athletes won three gold medals at the European Youth Olympic Festival for summer sports in Maribor, Slovenia, on Wednesday, two in swimming and one in judo, write Agerpres.
Swimmer Robert Badea won the gold medal in the 200 m mixed (2:02.78).
Another gold medal was won by the components of the women’s 4×100 m freestyle relay of Romania, Daria Silisteanu, Diana Stiger, Aissia Prisecariu, Ana Maria Sibiseanu, Denisa Bacalu (3:49.78).
In judo, within the cat. 60 kg, Tudor Ilie Mosoi won the gold medal, after defeating the Lithuanian Simas Polikevicius in the final. In the first round, Mosoi passed the Slovak Roman Dekan, then defeated the Dane Magni Koch Lauritzen in the round of 16, in the quarterfinals he won against the Azerbaijani Muhamad Musaev, in order to obtain the victory against the Hungarian Sebestyen Kollar in the semifinals.
The record of the Romanian delegation so far is 4 gold medals, through swimmers Aissia Prisecariu (200 m backstroke), Robert Badea (200 m mixed), the women’s 4×100 m freestyle relay (Daria Silisteanu, Diana Stiger, Aissia Prisecariu, Ana Maria Sibiseanu, Denisa Bacalu) and judoka Tudor Ilie Mosoi (cat. 60 kg), and 3 bronze, through Darius Coman (200 m breaststroke) and Andrei Theodor Proca (1,500 m freestyle) and athlete Alexandra Hudea (3,000 m).
Romania is participating with a delegation composed of 92 athletes competing in 9 disciplines: athletics, 3×3 basketball, road cycling, MTB cycling, artistic gymnastics, handball, swimming, judo and tennis.
Last year, at the previous edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival, held in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia), Romania took 8th place in the final ranking, with 19 medals, including 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze.
