Weightlifter Natalia Priscepa is the last Moldovan athlete who has qualified for the Rio Olympics. Thus, Moldova’s Olympic squad will consist of 22 athletes, IPN reports.
In April, Natalia Priscepa won three bronze medals at the European Championship in the 75kg class. Even so, the 26-year-old athlete found out that she can compete in the Olympic Games only one week before the start of the competition.
As in the previous Olympics, most of the Moldovan sportspersons will compete in athletics – nine. Three are weightlifters, three are wrestlers, two are canoeist, while another two are swimmers. By one athlete will compete in taekwondo, judo and archery.