Rowing: Two more gold medals for Romania at U23 World Championships in Plovdiv

Rowing: Two more gold medals for Romania at U23 World Championships in Plovdiv

Romania won the gold medals in men’s double sculls and women’s coxless pairs on Sunday at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Vlad Dragos Aicoboae and Toader Andrei Gontaru stopped the chronometer of the men’s double sculls at 6 min 25 sec 55/100, ahead of Australia (6:26.79) and Serbia (6:28.39).

Viviana Iuliana Bejinariu and Ioana Vrinceanu won the women’s coxless pairs event in 6 min 57 sec 57/100, followed by New Zealand (6:58.77) and Netherlands (7:00.17).

Also on Sunday, Romania’s men’s eight scull ended fourth and women’s lightweight pair fifth in the respective finals. More…