RRI Sports Club

A brief look at the upcoming European championships

Florin Orban, 12.04.2023, 13:46

Continental sporting events are to begin every year this month and the European Gymnastics Championships have already started in Antalya, Turkey. On Tuesday, Romanias men team ranked 11th in the nations ranking and qualified for the World Championships due in Anvers Belgium this autumn.

Our gymnasts needed a place among the first 13 teams to qualify for the world event, which is also to decide the sides to participate in the 2024 Olympics. Gabriel Burtănete has qualified for the finals of the all round event on the 17th position. Hell also attend the vault finals, where he qualified with the fourth result in the competition. The other Romanian who obtained the qualification for finals is Andrei Muntean, who obtained the sixth result in the bars event.

The European Weightlifting Championships are to begin in Yerevan, Armenia on Saturday. Of the Romanian delegation, the multiple world and continental champion, Loredana Toma stands most chances to win a medal in Yerevan. She will be competing in the 71 kilogram category, where she won the gold medal in the total and jerk events of the World Championships in Bogota, last year. Moreover, in the snatch event, the Romanian lifted 119 kilograms, which proved to be the categorys world record at that time.

On Friday, 14th April after their arrival in Armenia, Loredana Toma is expected to be awarded by the European forum for being Europes best weightlifter in 2022.

Zagreb in Croatia, next week will be hosting the European Wrestling Championships. At the latest edition in Budapest, Hungary, Romania obtained four medals, including gold in the 55 kilogram category by Andreea Ana. In the mens contest, Nicu Ojog became silver medalist in the Greek-Roman style of the 87 kilogram category. Two other women from Romania, Alina Vuc and Kriszta Incze stepped onto the podiums third steps of the aforementioned competition.

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