The channels are looking for medals at the World Youth Championships in Poznan »Four qualified crews in the semifinals

Romania is trying to reach the best balance to U23 World Championships from Poznan (Poland), after at the previous edition, hosted by St. Catharines (Canada), ranked 5th in the medal ranking, with two gold distinctions.

Until the finals scheduled on Saturday and Sunday on Lake Malta, in the center of Poznan, Romania Barca de 8 plus 1 frameswith Costi-Daniel Neagoe, Fabrizio-Alexandru Scripcariu, Antonel Avăcătiței, Marian Ștefan Dunca, Nicolae Răzvan Stoian, Sebastian Alexandru Tașcă, Cosmin Iulian Pleșescu, Ștefan Bogdan Softiș and Maria-Antonia Iancu, located today in the third place in the second series, very close to the second position, very close to the second position 5: 30.64 compared to 5: 30.07.

The “tricolors” have qualified in the semifinals scheduled on Saturday, July 26, and will evolve in the second, from 12:25. The first three boats in each penultimate act will advance in the Sunday final.

to 4 female rowsIuliana Isabela Boldea, Ana-Maria Matran, Delia Mirabela Grădinaciuc and Georgia Stoica ranked in the fourth, last, in the second series. With a time of 6: 40.33, they remained away from Poland, Italy and the Czech Republic, the occupants of the first three positions. Romania will evolve on Sunday, July 27, in the final B.

In the similar male test, Bogdan Murariu, Constantin-Emanuele Sterea, Andrei-Petrișor Axintoi and Andrei Hemen crossed the 4th place, penultimate, in the second series of the three, with the time of 5: 55.80. Russia's boat, competing under the title “Independent athletes”, was in front, with 5: 47.96. The “tricolors” will start in the C final, on Saturday, from 11:23.

Three tricolor boats in Friday semifinals

In the program of the third day of the World Championships on Friday, July 25, Mariana Dumitru and Bianca Ifteni will start in the semifinals from double rowin the second, from 4:28 pm. Recently medaled with European bronze in seniors with Andrada Moroșanu, Dumitru will seek to conquer a new U23 world title, after last year, from 4 rows.

Ifteni, only 19 years old, is a world and European champion of Junior in 2024 at a simple scholarship.

Bianca Ifteni and Mariana Dumitru at CM U23 from Poznan Photo: FR Rowing/Balint Czucz

Also in the semifinals will start and the girls from 4 framesDaria-Ioana Dinulescu, Gabriela Tivodariu, Iulica-Maria Ursu and Denisa Cristina Ailincăi, in the second, from 4:57 pm. They were ranked 2nd in the third series on the first day of Resurtences in Poznan.

In the same male test, Mateus-Simion Cozminciuc, Eduard Angel Moldovan, Andrei Vatamaniuc and Sergiu Anfimov, will start in the second semifinal, from 17:09. They won the second series on Wednesday afternoon.

Also on Friday, Darius Florin Simion and Silviu-Marian Dumitru will evolve in the final of the double frames (3:06 pm).