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Romania, second medal at the Canoe 2 at European Championship

Gold Medal of the European Championship in Zagreb was for Czech Republic and the bronze to Ukraine. On Saturday, the two Romanian athletes have won the gold medal in the 1000 m final.

Romania, second medal at the Canoe 2 at European Championship
Liviu Dumitrescu si Victor Mihalachi. Foto: Agerpres.

Articol de Ioana Dogaru, 25 Iunie 2012, 09:09

The Romanian men's crew Canoe 2 won the silver medal on Sunday in the final 500 metres at the European Championships in Zagreb.

The crew consists of the athletes Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi, gold medalists on Saturday, at 1000 metres , ended the race with a time of 1: 40.02 minutes.

Gold Medal was for the Czech Republic with 1: 39.56 minutes and the bronze one for Ukraine, 1.23 seconds from the leader.

On Sunday, the last day, the finals are scheduled, 500 m K4 1.000 m men finals at round ups of 200 m and 5,000 metres .

On Saturday, the Romanian men’s crew Canoe 2 , consisting of Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi, won the gold medal in the final at 1000 metres at the European Championships of Kayak- Canoe in Zagreb.

The tricolor crew, European and World multiple medalist , completed the race with a time of 3: 35.02 min, moving them into account — and sixth gold medal.

The Canoe 2 round on the 1000 meters distance , is also the Olympic round , the two athletes are qualified to the Olympics in London.

Translated by
Denisse-Meda Bucura
MTTLC, Bucharest University


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