The canots of the national team, prepared for the goal of the year, the Shanghai World Championships: “We are fighting for medals”

The last, but also the most important competition of the year, the World Championships are approaching, and the athletes in the national team are just waiting to go to Shanghai. They will fly to the destination on Sunday night, with a stop at Istanbul, the second part of the trip being a 10 -hour piece.

The registrations were made from August, 25 being the deadline, “which was very early for us”, as stated by coordinating coach Dorin Alupei. However, the Regulation of the International Federation allows changes of up to 50 percent in each crew from the initial list, but “the team is finalized 99 percent,” he added.

“I like to believe that this time we will show the whole world how well we know how to combine the experience, technique and team spirit”, Pusped the president of the boiler, Elisabeta Lipă, present at the event, and Alupei completed that“Our goal is clear: to fight for medals and to confirm the top nation status again in boating”.

The tricolor delegation has to defend the bright balance of 2023, from Belgrade: two gold, one silver and two bronze medals, confirmed at last year's Olympic Games, when the Romanian canrs won two gold and three silver distinctions. In 2024 world championships were played only for non-Olympic tests.

Marian Enache: “In Tokyo I was always waking up at two or three at night”

“It will be a very long road. We hope that the federation will create our comfort, to give us some very comfortable places, to take place on our feet because we, the canothes, are generally very tall, not only me. At the same time, we are eager to get there because we have worked hard and somehow want to highlight ourselves compared to the other countries that have worked as much“, Said Marian Enache, an Olympic champion in Paris in the double rowing test with Andrei Cornea.

“I do not know how to say precisely,” he replied to the question related to the adaptation to the time zone, “Because I remember the period from Tokyo very well when I could not adapt so well because I woke up at two or three at night when in the country was day and I could not fall asleep until the morning and that is why I could not perform at our level. I strongly believe that we will be at the same level absolute all athletes and we will go through all the states all“He emphasized.

The pressure also comes from the previous results, the Olympic Games and the European Championships, where we have not been able to find ourselves the best version and that's why we try to give one hundred percent, as every time – Marian Enache

Florin Lehaci: “I think this contest will be a very, very good one for us”

“I listen to music, I read, I look at the series, the time goes by very quickly. I am ok with long roads,” said Maria Lehaci, European vice -champion in 2025 in the 4 frames. Her husband, Florin, conquered the title at double frames with Florin Arteni.

Florin Arteni and Florin Lehaci Photo: FR Rowing

“We are very confident because we did very well this year in all competitions, we have very good times, we have more experience than last year. We, last year, just ending this crew, already this year we know each other much better, we know very well what our strengths are, we know very well where to pay and where we should go away from our opponents, so I think this contest will be a very, very good one for us.”He elaborated the expectations of the Worldi World Cup.

Simona Radiș: “When we pass the last line of arrival, we will be satisfied with us”

Simona Radiș this year went to the double frames with Magdalena Rusu, the two becoming European champions. Now she's eager to reach Shanghai. “Certainly the conditions in the plane will be tailor -made and will not feel so difficult. It is important to reach the destination very well. I can hardly wait to take my flight from here, land in China, Shanghai, and start the competition. Because it was a long year and I can hardly wait to end it“, Said Radiș.

We are both confident, we are convinced that we will give our best on the days of the competition and that at the end, when we pass the last line of arrival, we will be satisfied with us – Simona Radiș

“” We are taught to adapt to the conditions in a very short time. We have been to other locations with a time zone. I think it is important to adapt regardless of conditions and not to remember that something is different. Win those who get there and behave as if there were all year. What happened here.

Romania will participate in 13 samples to the world, between which and to those of double mixed rows and 8 plus 1 mixed framesintroduced for the first time in the program.

The provisional composition of the Romanian Boats at the World Cup

• Female
• Double frames – Magdalena Rusu, Simona Radiș
• Double row – Bianca Ifteni, Mariana Dumitru
• 4 frames – Ancuța Bodnar, Geanina Juncănariu, Adrian Adam, Amalia Bereș
• 4 rows – Emanuela Ciotău, Alexandra Ungureanu, Andrada Moroșanu, Mădălina Cornea
• 8 plus 1 frames – Cristina Drugă, Roxana Anghel, Iulia Bălăucă, Iuliana Buhuș, Ancuța Bodnar, Maria Lehaci, Adrian Adam, Amalia Bereș, Victoria Petreanu
• Male
• Simple sketch – Mihai Chiruță
• Double frames – Florin Arteni, Florin Lehaci
• Double row – Andrei Cornea, Marian Enache
• 4 frames – Ștefan Berariu, Sergiu Bejan, Andrei Mândrilă, Ciprian Tudosă
• 4 rows – Alexandru Gherasim, Iulian Chelaru, Andrei Lungu, Cristian Nicoara, Florin Horodișteanu
• 8 plus 1 frames – Mihăiță Țigănescu, Laurențiu Danciu, Eduard Moldovan, Bogdan Baitoc, Leontin Nuțescu, Cosmin Pleșescu, Fabrizio Scripcariu, Constantin Adam, Claudiu Neamțu, Adrian Munteanu, Mateus Cozminciuc
• Mixed
• Double mixed rows – Andrei Cornea, Mădălina Ioana Cornea
• 8 plus 1 mixed frames – Andrada Moroșanu, Maria Lehaci, Ștefan Berariu, Sergiu Bejan, Andrei Mândrilă, Ciprian Tudosă, Magdalena Rusu, Simona Radiș, Victoria Petreanu

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