Romanian boxer Luciana Maria Petrache qualified for the quarterfinals of the 52 kg category at the Youth World Boxing Championships taking place in Budva (Montenegro), inform agerpres.ro.
Petrache passed Australian Elisha Kumar, which she defeated on points, 3-1, to reach the quarterfinals, where she will meet Chinese Yanfen Chen, on November 30.
Other three Romanian athletes left the competition after getting defeated in their respective matches on Wednesday and Thursday.
There were 660 athletes registered in this competition coming from 88 countries, and Romania came with a delegation of 21 athletes, 12 women and 9 men.