Moldova at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	MDA
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Moldova
Website	www.olympic.md  (in Romanian, English, and Russian)
in Buenos Aires
Competitors	17 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 39th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Moldova competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics , in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships. ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Milena Gațco	Girls' individual	638	16	Voropayeva  (KAZ) L4–6	did not advance				17

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Milena Gațco  (MDA)   Jason Hurnall  (AUS)	Mixed team	1301	10	Trydvornava  (BLR)   Ovchynnikov  (UKR) L3–5	did not advance				17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Women's Shot Put - Nina Capaţina ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Nina Capaţina	Girls' shot put	17.09	4	17.42	3	34.51	4

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. ^{[3] [4]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Cristian Savin	Boys' Singles	Panarin  (KAZ) L1–2	Naraoka  (JPN) L0–2	Kim  (FIJ) W2–0	3	did not advance			9
Vlada Gînga	Girls' Singles	Polanc  (SLO) W2–1	Sándorházi  (HUN) L0–2	—	2	did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Sigma   Cristian Savin  (MDA)   Dennis Koppen  (NED)   Rukesh Maharjan  (NEP)   Ikhsan Rumbay  (INA)   Madeleine Caren Akoumba Ze  (CMR)   Grace King  (GBR)   Ann-Kathrin Spöri  (GER)   Wang Zhiyi  (CHN)	Mixed Teams	Theta (MIX) W (110–100)	Gamma (MIX) W (110–86)	Omega (MIX) L (98–110)	2Q	Zeta (MIX) L (106–110)	did not advance		5
Team Epsilon   Vlada Gînga  (MDA)   Chen Shiau-cheng  (TPE)   Fabricio Farias  (BRA)   Nguyễn Hải Đăng  (VIE)   Tomás Toledano  (ESP)   Goh Jin Wei  (MAS)   Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori  (NGR)   Nazlıcan İnci  (TUR)		Alpha (MIX) L (98–110)	Zeta (MIX) L (89–110)	Delta (MIX) W (110–108)	4Q	Omega (MIX) L (102–110)	did not advance		5

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Girls' 44 kg - Paulina Țurcan
• Boys' 100 kg - Alin Bagrin

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Rep 1	Rep 2	Rep 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paulina Țurcan	Girls' 44 kg	Anastasia Balaban  (UKR) L 00-10	did not advance		Giorgia Hagianu  (ROU) L00-01s1	did not advance
Alin Bagrin	Boys' 100 kg	Bye	Zsombor Vég  (HUN) L 00-10	did not advance	Bye	Fleury Nihozeko  (BDI) W 10-00	Abolfazl Shojaei  (IRI) W 10s1-01	Ömer Aydın  (TUR) L 01-10	4

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Los Angeles   Soniya Bhatta  (NEP)   Ariel Shulman  (ISR)   Nahomys Acosta Batte  (CUB)   Turpal Djoukaev  (FIN)   Saskia Brothers  (AUS)   Georgios Balarjishvili  (CYP)   Raffaela Igl  (GER)   Alin Bagrin  (MDA)	Mixed team	Team Seoul (MIX) W 5–3	Team Athens (MIX) L 3–5	did not advance		5
Team Moscow   Augusta Ambourouet  (GAB)   Alessia Corrao  (BEL)   Temuujin Ganburged  (MGL)   Alexis Harrison Ayarza  (PAN)   Hamza Jashari  (MKD)   Paulina Țurcan  (MDA)   Zsombor Vég  (HUN)		Team Singapore (MIX) W 4–3	Team London (MIX) L 3–4	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Boy's events - Alex Vasilianov ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking round (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Bonus round (épée one touch)		Combined: Shooting / Running (10 m air pistol) / (3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Alex Vasilianov	Boys' Individual	10–13	17	202	2:13.35	19	284	1–0	0	11:51.71	12	589	1075	14
Martina Armanazqui  (ARG)   Alex Vasilianov  (MDA)	Mixed relay	10–12 12–10	11	205	2:02.59	9	305	2–0	2	11:52.56	10	588	1100	9

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships. ^[6]

• Boys' single sculls - 1 boat (Ivan Corșunov)

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total			Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivan Corșunov	Boys' single sculls	3:40.33	12	1:41.40	6	1:40.00	6	3:21.40	12	4 Q	1:37.32	1 FB	did not advance		1:40.06	2

FB=Final B (non-medal)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• 1 quota: Boys' 10 metre air pistol

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kirill Ușanlî	Boys' 10 metre air pistol	558-11	13	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Greta Rankelytė  (LTU)   Kirill Ușanlî  (MDA)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	752-23	4	Lu  (CHN)   Vengríni  (SVK) W 10-7	Bhaker  (IND)   Fayzullaev  (TJK) L8-10	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

• Tatiana Salcuțan
• Anastasia Moșcenscaia
• Nichita Bortnicov
• Ivan Semidetnov

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the European Continental Qualifier. ^[7]

• Boys' singles - Vladislav Ursu

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Moldova qualified one athlete in category Women's Wrestling 57 kg ^[8]

Key:

• VFA – Victory by Fall
• VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
• VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
• VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Alexandrin Guţu	Boys' Greco-Roman −71kg	Calle  (COL) W4 – 0 VFA	Maafi  (TUN) W9 – 0 VSU	—		1 Q	Starodubtsev  (RUS) W8 – 0 VFA
Maria Leorda	Girls' freestyle −43kg	Derry  (NZL) WWO	Batbaatar  (MGL) L0 – 10 VSU	Simran  (IND) L0 – 8 VFA	Mahmoud  (EGY) W8 – 1 VPO1	3 Q	Vigouroux  (FRA) L0 – 4 VPO	6
Irina Rîngaci	Girls' freestyle −57kg	Parra  (VEN) W11 – 2 VPO1	Toida  (CMR) W11 – 0 VSU	Szél  (HUN) L0 – 2 VFA	Mansi  (IND) W4 – 0 VFA	2 Q	Blayvas  (GER) L3 – 6 VPO1	4

References

1. "Milena Gațco s-a calificat la Jocurile Olimpice de tineret". 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
2. Atleta Nina Capațina va merge la Buenos Aires
3. "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
4. "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
5. Alex Vasilianov s-a calificat la Jocurile Olimpice de tineret
6. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA . 29 May 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
7. "Four more places decided in Split, surprise names bound for Argentine shores". ITTF . 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
8. "Luptătoarea Irina Ringaci a devenit vicecampioană europeană". 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.