PHOTO // Daniel Procopciuc wins gold medal at World Armwrestling Championship

Athlete Daniel Procopciuc won the gold medal at the World Armwrestling Championship held in New Delhi, India, becoming world champion for the tenth time. The representative of the Republic of Moldova won the left-arm event in the up-to-75 kg category and earned the silver medal with his right arm.

According to the Ministry of Education and Research, another medal in the senior category was won by Mihaela Lazari, who earned silver in the left-arm event in the up-to-65 kg category.

In the junior and youth categories, Moldovan athletes won 11 medals: two gold, five silver and four bronze. Stanislav Tabarcea, in the up-to-80 kg category, left arm, and Irina Moisova, in the up-to-55 kg category, left arm, stood on the top step of the podium.

The silver medals were won by Dumitru Bulat, in the up-to-90 kg category with both arms, Mihail Ostaci, in the up-to-55 kg category, left arm, Maria-Elieana Tomis, in the up-to-70 kg category, left arm, and Kirill Gojan, in the up-to-65 kg category, left arm.

Four more bronze medals were won by Alina Borta, in the sub-junior category, up to 60 kg, with both arms, Mihail Ostaci, in the up-to-55 kg category, right arm, and Matei Sărăcuța, in the up-to-70 kg category, right arm.

Representatives of the Republic of Moldova won eight more medals in the para-armwrestling category: one gold, four silver and three bronze. Vladimir Butucea won gold in the up-to-90 kg category in the left-arm event.

Alina Malcoci won two silver medals in the over-70 kg category with both arms, while Gheorghe Spînu won silver in the up-to-70 kg category, left arm. Nicolai Țicaliuc reached the podium with a silver medal in the up-to-65 kg category, left arm, and a bronze medal with his right arm.

The other two bronze medals were won by Ion Cernei, in the up-to-80 kg category, and Iaroslav Buchili, in the over-85 kg category, both in the left-arm event.