Seven Nations at 6. Balkan MR Championships 2014. Gold medals for Turkey and Romania.
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Turkey, Bulgaria, Moldova, Croatia, F.Y. Rep of Macedonia, Greece and hosting Country Romania sent their athletes at the 6th Balkan Mountain Running Championships held at Vatra Dornei (ROM) on 15. June 2014.
Turkey (with 6 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze), Romania (2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze), Bulgaria (3 silver and 3 bronze) and Moldova (1 bronze) won medals.
Four races took place on the classic WMRA distances for junior male and female, individual and team.
52 runners started in the Championships.
" At this moment ABAF members are 15 and the participation of seven of them must be considered very positively.
In both junior races the podium was totally occupied by Turkish runners men and women.
Turkish Kantekin Umran Sedef won title in the junior women race in front of her fellows Temel Remziye and Erdal Tubay.
Turkish Yilmaz Ridvan won title in the junior men race in front of his fellows Bayram Turgay and Piskek Firat.
Also the podium for teams were the same in female and male junior races: Turkish team champion, Romania silver and Bulgaria bronze.
Different situation in the senior races.
Female competitions saw two Romanian victories.
In the individual Balkan Champion was Romanian Denisa Ionela Dragomir, in front of Bulgarian Milka Mihaylova, silver, and Romanian Nicoleta Alina Petrescu, bronze.
Romanian women team took gold medal with 13 points, followed by Bulgaris (silver) with 16 points and Turkey (bronze) with 21 points.
Male competitions were &ndash, once more &ndash, won by Turkish runners.
In the individual Balkan Champions was Kazan Deniz, in front of Bulgarian Stoyan Tevekelev, silver, and Moldavian Vitalie Gheorghita, bronze (historical first medal for Moldova in one international mountain running Championships).
Turkish team became Balkan Champion with 10 points, Romanian team finished second with 21 points and Bulgarian team was third with 25 points. In the result also Macedonian team with 43 points.
Balkan Mountain Running Championships is a very Important event in the international mountain running calendar, for a lot of reasons.
Full result are available in the result section of this WMRA webpage. ,
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Edited from Bruno Gozzelino (WMRA)
Source of the pictures:
on front page
- BMRC official poster
Turkey (with 6 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze), Romania (2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze), Bulgaria (3 silver and 3 bronze) and Moldova (1 bronze) won medals.
Four races took place on the classic WMRA distances for junior male and female, individual and team.
52 runners started in the Championships.
" At this moment ABAF members are 15 and the participation of seven of them must be considered very positively.
In both junior races the podium was totally occupied by Turkish runners men and women.
Turkish Kantekin Umran Sedef won title in the junior women race in front of her fellows Temel Remziye and Erdal Tubay.
Turkish Yilmaz Ridvan won title in the junior men race in front of his fellows Bayram Turgay and Piskek Firat.
Also the podium for teams were the same in female and male junior races: Turkish team champion, Romania silver and Bulgaria bronze.
Different situation in the senior races.
Female competitions saw two Romanian victories.
In the individual Balkan Champion was Romanian Denisa Ionela Dragomir, in front of Bulgarian Milka Mihaylova, silver, and Romanian Nicoleta Alina Petrescu, bronze.
Romanian women team took gold medal with 13 points, followed by Bulgaris (silver) with 16 points and Turkey (bronze) with 21 points.
Male competitions were &ndash, once more &ndash, won by Turkish runners.
In the individual Balkan Champions was Kazan Deniz, in front of Bulgarian Stoyan Tevekelev, silver, and Moldavian Vitalie Gheorghita, bronze (historical first medal for Moldova in one international mountain running Championships).
Turkish team became Balkan Champion with 10 points, Romanian team finished second with 21 points and Bulgarian team was third with 25 points. In the result also Macedonian team with 43 points.
Balkan Mountain Running Championships is a very Important event in the international mountain running calendar, for a lot of reasons.
Full result are available in the result section of this WMRA webpage. ,
,
Edited from Bruno Gozzelino (WMRA)
Source of the pictures:
on front page
- BMRC official poster