The duo Daniela Cociu - Maria Olărașu won the 500 m canoe race at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint Junior and U23 World Championships held in Italy, IPN reports.

They scored the result of 1:58.79, being followed by Reka Opavszy - Laura Gonczol of Hungary (1:59.32) and Maria Moreno - Antia Otero of Spain (1:59.94).

In the juniors’ competition, the duo Mihail Culceac - Stanislav Banaru ranked third in the 1,000 race with the result of 3:42.43, being defeated by Ukraine’s Yaroslav Verbliud - Vitalii Prystai (3:40.16) and Hungary’s Zsombor Szegi - Peter Soltesz (3:40.30).

Also, Elena Glizan won bronze in the 1,000 m race with the result of 4:40.31. The first two positions were taken by Hungary’s Borka Zagyvai (4:33.38) and Kazakhstan’s Rufina Iskakova (4:38.52).