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Romania wins coxed eight gold medals at 2026 European Rowing Championships

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Romania claimed gold medals in the men's and women's coxed eight events on Sunday at the 2026 European Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy.

In the men's 8+ final, Romania (Claudiu Neamtu, Mateus-Simion Cozminciuc, Mugurel Vasile Semciuc, Andrei Mandrila, Constantin Adam, Sergiu Vasile Bejan, Florin Arteni, Fabrizio-Alexandru Scripcariu, Rucsandra-Ioana Bucsa) won in 5 min 25.95 sec, ahead of Germany (5:28.85) and Italy (5:31.74).

In the women's 8+ final, Romania (Cristina Druga, Geanina Dumitrita Juncanariu, Ancuta Bodnar, Maria Lehaci, Maria Magdalena Rusu, Amalia Chelaru, Adriana Adam, Simona Radis, Victoria Stefania Petreanu) won in 5 min 56.14 sec, followed by Great Britain (6:01.57) and Italy (6:03.65).

Romania, who won another four medals on Saturday, now have a tally of four gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

Bianca Ifteni finished second in the women's single sculls Final B in 8 min 13.79 sec, behind Denmark's Frida Sanggaard Nielsen (8:07.64).

In para rowing, Cristian Alexandru finished fifth and last in the men's single sculls Final B in 13 min 34.59 sec. AGERPRES (RO - editing Mihai Tenea by: ; EN - writing by: Rodica State)

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