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title: "Canoe sprint: Serhii Tarnovschi clinches bronze medal in Milan"
url: https://radiomoldova.md/p/57702/canoe-sprint-serhii-tarnovschi-clinches-bronze-medal-in-milan
published: 2025-08-23T05:02:00Z
language: en
author: "Alexandru Rusu"
section: "Sport"
source: radiomoldova.md
---

# Canoe sprint: Serhii Tarnovschi clinches bronze medal in Milan

> Moldovan canoeist Serhii Tarnovschi is off to a flying start at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan, winning a bronze medal in the men’s C-1 500m event.

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*Sursa: olympic.md*

Moldovan canoeist Serhii Tarnovschi is off to a flying start at the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan, winning a bronze medal in the men’s C-1 500m event.

In the final, he was outpaced by Zahar Petrov, an athlete competing under a neutral flag, and Czech two-time world champion Martin Fuksa. The Ukrainian-born Moldovan citizen finished third with a time of 1:47.38.

Tarnovschi has also qualified for the men's C-1 1000m final. In his semi-final, the Paris 2024 bronze medallist was beaten only by Hungary's Adolf Balaz and Romania's Catalin Chirila. The thrilling race saw the top three athletes separated by just a few hundredths of a second.

However, Daniela Cociu and Maria Olarasu were not as successful. The Moldovan duo finished sixth in the women's C-2 500m final. The gold medal was won by Ukraine's Liudmila Luzan and Irina Fedoriv.

Translation by **Iurie Tataru**