Moldova has won no medal at the European Freestyle Wrestling Championships held in Riga on March 8-13, IPN reports.
Natalia Budu achieved the best result. She scored two victories and suffered two defeats in the 53 kg class. Svetlana Saenco, 75 kg class, also finished fifth, but the Ukrainian-born athlete lost the two fights she had.
Among men, only Nicolae Ceban and Andrei Romanov reached the quarterfinals in the 97 kg and 125 kg respectively. Alexandru Chirtoaca and Andrei Perpelita were eliminated from the competition earlier.
Two of the leaders of the national team Mihail Sava and Petru Ianulov decided not to take part in the championships so as train according to a special program for the tournaments where they can earn qualification for the Rio Olympics.