Romania won two silver medals at the European Throwing Cup: Bianca Gelber (hammer throw) and Alin Firfirique (discus throw) shone at the competition held in Leiria (Portugal).

Bianka’s best throw was 71.52 meters.

The podium was completed by Sarah Fantini (gold, 73.26 m, the Italian is the world leader this season) and Dane Katrin Jacobsen (bronze, 71.08 m).

Also on Sunday, Denys Bot took 6th place in the javelin throw with the best personal result of the season (73.59 m).

The first medal for Romania was won by Alin Firfirike in the discus throw on Saturday, the “tricolor” team showed the best personal result of the season: 63.78 m.

“Gold” was won by Slovenian Christian Cech (68.30 m, the best world record of the year), and “bronze” by Croatian Martin Markovic (62.20 m).

Know:

Romania was represented by eight athletes from Portugal at the middle and youth competitions. More than 300 athletes from 40 countries took part in the competition.

In 2022, Romania won the gold medal in the javelin (Alexandru Novac), writes News.ro.