Via the Romanian government’s page, Nicolae Ciucé congratulated Catalin Cirila, who won the gold medal in the 1000m single sculls at the Canoe World Championships in Halifax, Canada, on Sunday.
Trained by Florin Popescu and Petre Kondrat, he managed to win his second medal of this world championship after Saturday’s silver in the C1 -500m.
On Sunday, with a time of 4:14.28, the Romanian was ahead of Olympic champion Isakias Santos from Brazil (4:15.80) and Czech Martin Fuchs (4:16.21) in the top three.
Cătălin did extremely well in this race and the dream of returning canoe singles to the world elite has come true, according to COSR.
Cătălin Chirilă praises Nicolae Chuke after extraordinary results in the canoe sprint
“Days of celebration for Romanian sport thanks to the extraordinary performances of canoeist Catalin Cirila at the Canoe World Championships in Canada.
Our canoeist rewrites the history of Romanian canoeing and continues the golden path opened by the legendary Ivan Patsaicin.
I wholeheartedly congratulate Cătălin Chirilă on the excellent results obtained at the end of many years of work and wish him success in the future!
Congratulations to the coaches and family, without whose support these performances would not be possible!
Like other Romanian champions, Cătălin is a role model for the younger generation! We are proud of our champions!” – Nikolay Chuka.
After the “gold” of Aurel Makarenko in 1986, this is the first gold for Romania in the C1 1000 meters.
Ivan Patsaicin twice, in 1973 and 1977, and Simion Ismailchuk in 1963 are the only Romanians to win gold in this event.
Source: Hot News RO
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