Weightlifting: Mihaela Cambei wins one gold, two silver medals at the European Championships in Batumi
Romanian athlete Mihaela Valentina Cambei, Olympic silver medallist in Paris, won one gold and two silver medals in the 53 kg category on Sunday at the European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi (Georgia).
Cambei took gold in the snatch with 95 kg, after missing her second attempt at 93 kg. She also won the silver medal in the clean and jerk with 114 kg (after failing at 117 kg), and the silver medal in the total with 209 kg.
Belgium's Nina Sterckx won silver in the snatch (94 kg) and gold in the clean and jerk (116 kg) as well as in the total (210 kg).
Alexia Diana Sipos finished fourth in the snatch with 81 kg, ranked tenth in the clean and jerk with 98 kg, and ranked fifth overall with a total of 179 kg.
In the 48 kg category, Ioana Madalina Miron finished sixth in the snatch with 73 kg, was twelfth in the clean and jerk with 85 kg, and placed ninth overall with a total of 158 kg.
Romania is taking part in the European Championships in Georgia with 15 athletes, seven women and eight men. At the previous edition of the European Championships, held last year in Chisinau (Republic of Moldova), the Romanian delegation won 11 medals, including four gold, three silver, and four bronze. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Mihai Tenea; EN - writing by: Cristina Zaharia)
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