Ionela Kozmijuk won the gold medal in the academic rowing lightweight singles (LW1x) competition on Sunday at the European Championships in Bled, Slovenia.
Ionela Kozmiyuk, gold in academic rowing competition, single at CE Canotaj
Our athlete won with a time of 7 minutes 32 seconds (a new European record).
Ionela made a spectacular comeback in the last 500 meters and overtook her rival from Greece. The Czech Republic completed the podium.
Also on Sunday, the crew of Florin Arteni and Cipriano Tudose took 1st place in the Men’s Sculls B Final (M2x) and finished 7th overall.
Know:
- Romania qualified nine crews for the A final in Bled.
- On Saturday, Romania won gold in the women’s four frame event and silver in the men’s 8+1 event.
- Romania finished the 2022 European Championships in Munich with five gold and three bronze medals, the best result in the history of Romanian rowing at the continental competition.
Source: Hot News
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