Judoka Denis Vieru won a bronze medal at the Olympics in Paris. It is Moldova’s first medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The Moldovan athlete won the 1/8 and 1/4 final matches over the opponents from Finland and Serbia. In the semifinals, Denis Vieru lost to Hifumi Abe from Japan.
In the fight for the bronze medal, Vieru met with Frenchman Walid Hear and won.
He told the mass media where he would spend the prize money.
Recall Denis Vieru 2023, who topped the world ranking of judokas in the weight category of up to 66 kg. Denis Vieru finished 2023 with 6580 points in the world ranking, the Ministry of Education reports. It is 766 points more than Mongolian Bashuu Yondonperenlei, who finished second.
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Earlier Olympic performances have already taken place:
Pavel Alovatsky competed in the 400-meter freestyle swimming event. He ranked 31st overall in the qualification round and did not qualify.
Anna Dulce: air pistol shooting from a distance of 10 meters. The athlete ranked 28th in the qualification round and did not qualify.
Vladislav Ursu: tennis. In the qualification round, he competed against the American tennis player Kanak Jha and lost all four games.
Twenty-six athletes will represent Moldova at the 2024 Olympic Games, participating in 10 events.