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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    After an absence of 12 years, Romania has made its comeback among the medalist countries at the Olympic Games in women’s gymnastics. Ana Maria Barbosu came third in the floor finals but had to resort to a high-level legal battle to recuperate a well-earned bronze medal.

    Last Friday in a ceremony in Bucharest, she was eventually awarded bronze  by the International Olympic Committee. Upon the long-awaited recognition of her performance in Paris, Radio Romania International has designated Ana Maria Barbosu Athlete of the Week.

    After the conclusion of the floor contest, the last women’s gymnastics competition in Paris, the gold medal went to Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, who got a score of 14.166, while the US gymnast Simone Biles ended in the second position. Romanians Ana Maria Barbosu and Sabrina Maneca Voinea came third and fourth respectively, with a score of 13.700, but Ana’s performance was appreciated better by the judges.

    The US gymnast Jordan Chiles initially came fifth with a score of 13.666 but her coach filed an inquiry and the judges revised her score by 0.1 placing her in the third position.

    Sabrina also filed an inquiry but it wasn’t accepted. Subsequently Ana and Sabrina filed an official challenge with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Laussane, which eventually upheld Ana’s challenge. The ruling sent Chiles back to the fifth position and Barbosu got the medal.

    Ana Maria Bărbosu was born on July 27th 2006 in Focşani, eastern Romania. She first compelled international recognition at the 2020 European Championships in Mersin, Turkey, where she won gold medals in all the juniors contests and also with Team Romania.

    Two years later, in the senior competitions of the European Championships in Munich she obtained the best result of the Romanian delegation, a fourth position in the floor event. In 2023 at the European championships in Antalya, Turkey, she was part of Team Romania who ranked fifth and that ensured her qualification for the World Championships in Anvers, that same year. At that competition Team Romania, which also included Ana, managed to occupy the tenth position and qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time in the past 12 years.

    In the end we remind you that you can revisit this report on the Internet at rri.ro, as well as on Radio Romania International’s Facebook profile.

     

    (bill)

  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The main event of this past week, for Romanian sports’ fans, was the completion of the Olympic balance sheet of the delegation that represented Romania at the Paris Olympic Games. The gymnast Ana Maria Bărbosu received, on Friday, during a ceremony held in Bucharest, the Olympic bronze medal in the floor event, which was awarded to her following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We remind you that, on August 5, in the Olympic floor final, Ana Bărbosu was, for a few minutes, a bronze medalist, but the American gymnast Jordan Chiles filed an appeal and her mark was increased, thus finishing on third position. The decision of the Lausanne Court annulled the appeal of the American athlete, so Bărbosu thus wins the first Olympic medal of Romanian gymnastics in the last 12 years. Romania had not been on the Olympic podium in artistic gymnastics since 2012, in London, when Sandra Izbaşa won gold in the vault event, Cătălina Ponor won silver in the floor event, and the Romanian women’s team got bronze in the competition of nations.

     

    We pass on to cycling.

    The cycling tour of Romania, which ended on Sunday, was won by the Kazakh road cyclist Ilhan Dostiev, from the Astana Qazaqstan Development Team. He was followed in the final classification of the race by the Italian Davide Toneatti, also from Astana, by the Slovakian Lukas Kubis, from the Elkov – Kasper team, and by Cristian Răileanu, a member of the Romanian national team. Dostiev is the third representative of Kazakhstan to win the race, after Sergei Tretiakov, in 1999, and Vadim Kravchenko, in 2000.

     

    We end with football.

    At the weekend, games were played counting for the sixth stage of the Romanian Superleague football championship. On Friday, Petrolul Ploiesti defeated Unirea Slobozia 2-1 in Clinceni, then, in Craiova, Universitatea won against Gloria Buzău 5-1. On Saturday, FC Botoşani won with the score 1-0 the game played at home against UTA Arad, and Poli Iasi prevailed, also with the score 1-0, in the match played in Bucharest against FCSB. The Bucharest derby of the stage, which took place on Sunday between Rapid and Dinamo, ended in a draw, 1 all.  Monday will see two more games: Universitatea Cluj  takes on Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and Farul Constanţa, Hermannstadt. The match between Oţelul Galati and CFR Cluj has been postponed. Craiova leads the ranking with 14 points. Oţelul comes next, with 11, but with a game in hand. (LS)

  • August 16, 2024 UPDATE

    August 16, 2024 UPDATE

    Gas – Romania currently has 2.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas stored in underground storages, which accounts for over 88% of the total storage capacity, given that, according to the European directives, the storages must be 85% full on September 1, the Energy Minister, Sebastian Burduja, announced on Friday. According to an Energy Ministry press release “daily, Romania produces approximately 25 million cubic meters of natural gas, consumes about half, and another 10 – 11 million cubic meters are stored”. Sebastian Burduja has also announced that Romania will continue to store natural gas until it reaches 100% of its storage capacity. According to him, the storage of natural gas for the winter season is all the more important since the neighboring Ukraine has announced that it will no longer extend the transit contract of Russian gas on its territory.

     

    Pensions – 4.6 million Romanian pensioners are to receive higher pensions by the end of the month. According to the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, Simona Bucura-Oprescu, over 80% of the pensioners are to benefit from recalculated pensions. Roughly two million are to get their pensions higher by 100 Euros. For more than one million the rises will range between 500 and 1,000 lei but 7,700 of them will see more than 3 thousand lei added to their initial pensions. Significant raises will see the people who worked over 40 years and didn’t benefit from the correction index of the past years. According to Minister Bucura-Oprescu, no pension cuts will be operated, and people will receive their recalculated pensions in September.

     

    Gymnastics – The Romanian gymnast Ana Maria Barbosu on Friday came into the possession of the bronze medal won in the floor final at the Olympic Games in Paris. The event took place in a ceremony organized on Friday on the esplanade of the Olympic House in Bucharest, following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. We remind you that, on August 5, in the floor final, Ana Maria Bărbosu was awarded the bronze medal for a few tens of seconds, but the American Jordan Chiles filed an appeal and her score was increased, so she finished in third position. Later, Romania also filed an appeal, which was finally approved. “I am happy to be in the possession of this medal and I hope to continue representing Romania at the highest level and to bring it as many medals as possible”, said the athlete.

     

    Migrants – 32 migrants were discovered, on Friday, hidden in a truck driven by a Romanian at the border point at Nădlac II, in Arad county in western Romania. They come, according to the border police, from Iraq, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Afghanistan and intended to fraudulently cross the border with Hungary in order to reach Western Europe. The truck driver is being investigated for migrant trafficking, and the citizens discovered are being investigated for attempting to cross the border fraudulently. According to the waybill, the driver was transporting furniture on the Romania-Italy route.

     

    Navy Day – ‘Romania has been acknowledged and appreciated by its allies as a solid pillar of regional security and a major contributor to the process of strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense posture on its eastern flank’ the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis said in Constanta, on the Romanian Black Sea Coast, where he participated in the events dedicated to Navy Day celebrated on Thursday. According to Iohannis, although we are living in times marked by multiple security challenges, in the context of the war Russia is waging on Ukraine, Romania is today a safe and stable country and its citizens are defended and protected against any potential threat. Thousands of tourists and citizens of Constanta gathered to watch the biggest naval show of the year, which involved the participation of over two thousand sailors and servicemen from Romania and the armed forces deployed here. The event was also attended by 15 military vessels, coast guard patrol boats, F-16 fighters, surveillance aircraft belonging to the USA and France, Puma Naval helicopters and paratroopers. (LS)

  • August 16, 2024

    August 16, 2024

    MEDAL Romanian gymnast Ana Maria Barbosu will today receive the bronze medal she won in the floor finals of the Olympic Games in Paris. Barbosu will receive the medal from Octavian Morariu, member of the International Olympic Committee for Romania and Mihai Covaliu president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee. We recall the Romanian won the medal on August 5th in Paris, but the US gymnast Jordan Chiles challenged the decision and got a higher mark, which allowed her to end up in the third position. Romania challenged the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), which ruled that the Romanian ended the competition on the third position, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea came fourth and Jordan Chiles fifth. The highest court of arbitration in sports, the CAS, has ruled down the US application to reopen the case.

     

    PENSIONS 4.6 million Romanian pensioners are to receive higher pensions by the end of the month. According to the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity, Simona Bucura-Oprescu, over 80% of the pensioners are to benefit from recalculated pensions. Roughly two million are to get their pensions higher by 100 Euros. For more than one million the rises will range between 500 and 1000 RON but 7,700 of them will see more than 3 thousand RON added to their initial pensions. Significant raises will see the people who worked over 40 years and didn’t benefit the correction index of the past years. According to Minister Bucura-Oprescu, no pension cuts will be operated, and people will enjoy their recalculated pensions in September.

     

    DAY ‘Romania has been acknowledged and appreciated by its allies as a solid pillar of regional security and a major contributor to the process of strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defence posture on its eastern flank’ Romanian president Klaus Iohannis said in Constanta, on the Romanian Black Sea coast where he participated in the events dedicated to Navy Day celebrated on Thursday. According to Iohannis, although we are living in times marked by multiple security challenges, in the context of the war Russia is waging on Ukraine, Romania is today a sure and stable country and its citizens are defended and protected against any potential threat. Thousands of tourists and citizens of Constanta gathered to watch the biggest naval show of the year, which involved the participation of over two thousand sailors and servicemen from Romania and the armed forces deployed here. The event was also attended by 15 military vessels, coast guard patrol boats, F-16 fighters, surveillance aircraft belonging to the USA and France, Puma Naval helicopters and paratroopers.

     

    WEATHER The National Administration of Meteorology has today issued fresh red, yellow and orange code alerts for hot weather in the entire Romanian territory except for two counties in the east. The extremely hot weather has been chiefly affecting the regions in the country’s west and south-west, where the Temperature-Humidity Index (THI) has exceeded the critical threshold of 80 units. The highs of the day are generally ranging between 30 and 38 degrees Celsius but higher values, between 39 and 41 degrees are being expected in the west, south-west and south. Thunderstorms are expected in the mountainous and hilly regions of Romania. According to meteorologists, the heat wave is going to last for the next couple of days engulfing the entire country, including its capital city whose inhabitants are bracing themselves for more hot days and tropical nights.

    (bill)

  • August 11, 2024

    August 11, 2024

    Paris – The International Gymnastics Federation has officially confirmed that the Romanian Ana Maria Bărbosu receives the bronze medal in the floor final at the Olympic Games in Paris. The confirmation comes after the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS), following the explanatory reports submitted by the Romanian Gymnastics Federation and the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee. TAS allowed the Romanian gymnast to obtain the bronze medal, as the appeal filed by the American athlete Jordan Chiles was submitted beyond the regulatory deadline. Thus, the ranking of the floor final was changed, which is why Ana Maria Bărbosu climbed to third place, and the Romanian Sabrina Voinea to fourth. The American gymnast dropped to fifth place. On the other hand, the request made by Sabrina Voinea was rejected. The gold medal went to the Brazilian Rebeca Andrade, while the silver went to the American Simone Biles.

     

    Olympics – On Sunday the Romanian athletes are competing in athletics and wrestling at the Olympic Games in Paris. Romania dropped to 23rd place in the overall ranking, with nine medals: three gold, four silver and two bronze. Today is the last day of the Olympic Games and, this evening, the closing ceremony will take place at the Stade de France. Romania’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony will be Mihaela Cambei, silver medalist in weightlifting. According to Radio Romania’s correspondent in Paris, the ceremony will not be without surprises and, according to the little information given to the press, the spectators will follow a sci-fi story: beings from space will try to bring back to life the missing Olympic Games. The closing ceremony is also intended to be a relay handover for the Summer Games due in 4 years’ time in Los Angeles.

     

    Earthquake – A 4.7 magnitude earthquake occurred, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, in the west of Romania, in the county of Arad, according to the information published by the National Research and Development Institute for Earth Physics. The earthquake occurred at a depth of five kilometers. This year, the strongest tectonic movement, of magnitude 4.3, took place in Vrancea county (east), in January, at a depth of 74 kilometers, and last year in February, an earthquake of 5.7 occurred in Gorj county (south-west), at a depth of over 6 kilometers.

     

    Untold – The biggest music festival in Romania, Untold, ends on Sunday in Cluj-Napoca (north-west). For four days, over 250 top national and international artists were invited to entertain tens of thousands of fans from all over the world. Among the guest artists are famous performers who have been to Romania before, such as Lenny Kravitz or DJ Salvatore Ganacci, as well as some new comers such as Sam Smith and Burna Boy. The latter is the only African artist who had two sold-out events, two years in a row, at the London Stadium. Numerous law enforcement agents are present in the area, their priority being to maintain order and combat drug trafficking.

     

    Enescu – The 19th edition of the George Enescu International Competition starts on August 31, in Bucharest. This year, there was a historic record of entries to the Enescu Competition: 555 young people from 27 countries applied for the three sections of the competition – violin, cello and piano. Out of these, only 149 were selected to participate in the first stage of the competition. Each section will have two elimination stages, the semi-final and the final. The George Enescu International Competition is an event held under the High Patronage of the President of Romania and financed by the Government of Romania through the Ministry of Culture.

     

    Inflation – In Romania, the inflation rate is to decrease towards the end of the year to 4%, a value lower than the one forecasted by the National Bank, namely 4.9%. The downward trend of this indicator will continue in 2025, reaching 3.4% at the end of the year, according to data presented by Governor Mugur Isărescu. He stated that the inflation forecast also took into account possible risks or uncertainties, including the conduct of fiscal and revenue policies, as well as the evolution of energy and food prices. The national bank governor also said that the inflation forecast was also the basis for the recent drop in the reference interest rate. The National Bank has recently reduced, for the second consecutive time, the monetary policy interest rate to the level of 6.5%/year from 6.75% per year. (LS)

  • Sport Club RRI: Noi calificări ale sportivilor români pentru JO de la Paris

    Sport Club RRI: Noi calificări ale sportivilor români pentru JO de la Paris

    Campionatele Mondiale de gimnastică, aflate în desfăşurare în oraşul
    belgian Anvers, au adus noi locuri pentru sportivii români la Jocurile Olimpice
    de anul viitor, de la Paris. Primul care a obţinut biletul pentru Franţa a fost
    Andrei Muntean. Duminică, el s-a clasat pe locul 30 în calificările la
    individual compus şi va merge în Franţa graţie unui criteriu special al federaţiei
    internaţionale. Potrivit acestuia, primii opt sportivi din clasamentul
    individual care nu sunt calificaţi cu echipa vor concura anul viitor la
    Jocurile Olimpice, iar Muntean s-a aflat printre ei.



    La Jocurile Olimpice revine, după 12 ani, echipa feminină a României. În
    calificările de la Anvers, fetele au ocupat locul 10. Această poziţie le-a
    asigurat biletele pentru Paris, dar nu şi locul în finala pe echipe a Mondialelor. Pentru România au evoluat Ana
    Maria Bărbosu, Sabrina Voinea, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarţă şi Andreea Preda.
    Bărbosu va mai concura în finala de la individual compus, iar Voinea, in cea de
    la sol.


    Potrivit Agerpres, România a ajuns în acest moment la 60 de sportivi
    calificaţi la Jocurile Olimpice din 2024. Obiectivul enunţat acum ceva vreme de
    Mihai Covaliu, președintele Comitetului Olimpic și Sportiv Român, este ca
    delegaţia tricoloră pentru Paris să numere 80-90 de sportivi. Deja, România s-a
    asigurat că va avea reprezentanţi la atletism, box, ciclism, canotaj,
    gimnastică artistică şi ritmică, înot şi kaiac-canoe. La câteva discipline,
    sportivii români sunt campioni mondiali, deci, clar, favoriţi la medalii. De
    pildă, la canotaj, Simona Radiş şi Ancuţa Bodnar domină categoric proba de
    dublu vâsle, la cate sunt campioane olimpice en titre şi învingătoare la ultimele două ediţii ale Mondialelor.
    David Popovici, la înot, deşi nu a urcat pe podium la ultimele Mondiale, deţine
    recordul lumii în proba de 100 de metri liber. Poate fi adăugat pe lista
    pretendenţilor la medalii şi Cătălin Chirilă, campion mondial, anul trecut, şi
    vicecampion, anul acesta, la canoe simplu în proba olimpică de 1000 de metri.


  • Athlete of the Week on RRI – Gymnast Ana-Maria Bărbosu

    Athlete of the Week on RRI – Gymnast Ana-Maria Bărbosu

    Ever since the London Olympics in
    2012, Romania has not managed to qualify to the gymnastics event. 11 years ago,
    in North Greenwigh Arena, Sandra Izbașa won gold in the vault final, Cătălina
    Ponor scooped silver in the floor final, while Romanai won bronze in the team
    event. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Marian Drăgulescu picked up Romania’s best
    result, ranking 4th in the vault event. At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics,
    no Romanian gymnast reached the finals. After a bad spell for Romanian
    gymnastics, the Romanian women’s team has again secured qualification to the
    Olympic Games.


    At the World Championships hosted
    by Antwerp, Belgium, our gymnasts ranked 10th in the team event, a
    position that guarantees their presence in Paris, although they didn’t make it
    to the final in Belgium. The biggest contribution belongs to Ana-Maria Bărbosu,
    who brought the most points to Romania’s total. For her performance in Belgium,
    we have designated Ana-Maria Bărbosu Athlete of the Week on RRI.


    In Antwerp, Romania’s team was
    made up of Ana Maria Bărbosu, Sabrina Voinea, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarţă,
    Andreea Preda and Ella Oprea Creţu. Only Andreea Preda and Ana-Maria Bărbosu
    competed in all events. Ana-Maria obtained the 19th score in the
    final standings, qualifying to the individual all-around event. Sabrina Voinea
    will compete in the floor final, whereas in the beam final she is third in line
    on the reserve list.


    Ana-Maria Bărbosu was born July
    27, 2006 in Focșani (eastern Romania). Her first notable performance was at the
    European Championships of 2020 in Mersin, Turkey, where in the Under-21 competition
    she won gold in the individual all-around and team events. At the 2022 European
    Championships in Munich, she ranked 4th in the floor event, the best
    result for Romania. In last autumn’s World Championships in Liverpool, she
    ranked 20th in the individual all-around event. In 2023, at the
    European Championships in Antalya, Turkey, Ana-Maria Bărbosu ranked 5th
    with the team, a position that secured Romania’s presence at the World
    Championships in Antwerp. (VP)



  • Sportivul săptămânii: Gimnasta Ana Maria Bărbosu

    Sportivul săptămânii: Gimnasta Ana Maria Bărbosu

    Din 2012, de la
    ediţia londoneză, echipele de gimnastică ale României nu au mai fost prezente
    la Jocurile Olimpice. Acum 11 ani, in North
    Greenwigh Arena;     Sandra Izbaşa câştiga aurul la sărituri, Cătăline Ponor
    era medaliată cu argint la sol, iar gimnastele din România câştigau bronzul în
    competiţia echipelor. La următoarea ediţie, cea de la Rio, din 2016, cel mai
    bun rezultat a fost locul 4 ocupat de Marian Drăgulescu la sărituri, iar la Tokyo,
    în 2021, niciun gimnast român n-a concurat în finale. După o perioadă grea
    pentru gimnastica românească, echipa feminină a României merge din nou la
    Jocurile Olimpice.


    La Campionatele
    Mondiale care au loc în aceste zile în Belgia, la Anvers, fetele au ocupat
    locul 10 în calificările concursului pe echipe. Această poziţie le-a asigurat
    biletele pentru Paris, dar nu şi locul în finala pe echipe a Mondialelor. Dintre componentele echipei
    române, cea mai mare contribuţie la această calificare a fost adusă de Ana
    Maria Bărbosu, care a avut, la final, cel mai mare punctaj total. Pentru
    evoluţiile din Belgia, Radio România Internaţional a desemnat-o pe Ana Maria
    Bărbosu Sportivul Săptămânii.


    În concursul de la
    Anvers, echipa României a fost compusă din Ana Maria Bărbosu, Sabrina Voinea,
    Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarţă, Andreea Preda şi Ella Oprea Creţu. Doar Andreea
    Preda şi Ana Maria Bărbosu au concurat la toate aparatele. Ana Maria a reuşit
    al 19-lea punctaj, la total, calificându-se în finala de la individual compus.
    În finala de la sol merge Sabrina Voinea, cu a opta notă, 13,666, iar la bârnă
    este a treia rezervă în finală, după ce a fost notată, în calificări, tot cu 13,666.


    Ana Maria Bărbosu
    s-a născut pe 27 iulie 2006, la Focşani. S-a remarcat prima dată în plan
    internaţional la Europenele din 2020, de la Mersin, din Turcia, unde în
    concursul junioarelor, a câştigat medalii de aur la individual compus, la toate
    aparatele şi cu echipa. La senioare, în 2022, la Europenele de la München, a
    obţinut cel mai bun rezultat al delegaţiei române – locul 4 la sol. La
    Mondialele de la Liverpool, din toamna anului trecut, s-a clasat pe locul 20 la
    individual compus. În 2023, la Europenele din Turcia, de la Antalya, a făcut
    parte din echipa cu care România a ocupat locul 5, asigurându-şi prezenţa la
    Mondialele din aceste zile, de la Anvers


  • Sport Club RRI: Gimnastică

    Sport Club RRI: Gimnastică

    România are doi sportivi în finalele
    concursurilor de individual compus ale Campionatelor Mondiale de gimnastică,
    aflate în desfășurare, în aceste zile, la Liverpool. La feminin, joi, va
    concura Ana Maria Bărbosu. Ea a terminat calificările pe locul 23, cu 52 de
    puncte și 233 de miimi. A obținut cea mai bună notă la paralele: 13,433. Nu a
    reușit să obțină însă calificarea în nicio finală pe aparate. Cel mai bine s-a
    clasat la sol, și anume pe locul 19, cu nota 13,300.


    La masculin, Gabriel Burtănete s-a calificat
    atât în finala de la individual compus, cât și în cea de la sărituri. În calificările de la individual compus, el a
    încheiat pe locul 23, cu 79 de puncte și 798 de miimi. Răzvan Marc a ratat finala, după ce s-a clasat pe locul 48, cu 76 de puncte și
    499 de miimi. În concursul pe națiuni, echipa masculină a României s-a clasat
    pe locul 19. S-au calificat în finala pe echipe Japonia, Marea Britanie, SUA,
    China, Italia, Spania, Brazilia şi Coreea de Sud.


    Gabriel Burtănete va lua parte la finala de la
    individual compus vineri. Duminică, el va concura la sărituri, cu șanse reale
    pentru o medalie. În calificări, a obținut a treia medie, și anume 14,633.
    Prima încercare a fost notată cu 14,800, iar a doua, cu 14,466. El a fost
    devansat doar de armeanul Artur Davtyan, medaliat cu bronz la Jocurile Olimpice
    de la Tokyo și campion european în 2019, la Minsk, și de filipinezul Carlos
    Yulo, campion mondial al probei, anul trecut, la Kitakyushu. Gabriel Burtănete,
    sportiv în vârstă de numai 20 de ani, a câștigat, acum trei ani, titlul de
    campion mondial de juniori, la Győr, în Ungaria.


  • Sport Club RRI: Gimnastică

    Sport Club RRI: Gimnastică

    România are doi sportivi în finalele
    concursurilor de individual compus ale Campionatelor Mondiale de gimnastică,
    aflate în desfășurare, în aceste zile, la Liverpool. La feminin, joi, va
    concura Ana Maria Bărbosu. Ea a terminat calificările pe locul 23, cu 52 de
    puncte și 233 de miimi. A obținut cea mai bună notă la paralele: 13,433. Nu a
    reușit să obțină însă calificarea în nicio finală pe aparate. Cel mai bine s-a
    clasat la sol, și anume pe locul 19, cu nota 13,300.


    La masculin, Gabriel Burtănete s-a calificat
    atât în finala de la individual compus, cât și în cea de la sărituri. În calificările de la individual compus, el a
    încheiat pe locul 23, cu 79 de puncte și 798 de miimi. Răzvan Marc a ratat finala, după ce s-a clasat pe locul 48, cu 76 de puncte și
    499 de miimi. În concursul pe națiuni, echipa masculină a României s-a clasat
    pe locul 19. S-au calificat în finala pe echipe Japonia, Marea Britanie, SUA,
    China, Italia, Spania, Brazilia şi Coreea de Sud.


    Gabriel Burtănete va lua parte la finala de la
    individual compus vineri. Duminică, el va concura la sărituri, cu șanse reale
    pentru o medalie. În calificări, a obținut a treia medie, și anume 14,633.
    Prima încercare a fost notată cu 14,800, iar a doua, cu 14,466. El a fost
    devansat doar de armeanul Artur Davtyan, medaliat cu bronz la Jocurile Olimpice
    de la Tokyo și campion european în 2019, la Minsk, și de filipinezul Carlos
    Yulo, campion mondial al probei, anul trecut, la Kitakyushu. Gabriel Burtănete,
    sportiv în vârstă de numai 20 de ani, a câștigat, acum trei ani, titlul de
    campion mondial de juniori, la Győr, în Ungaria.


  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup


    Romanian athlete Ana Maria Bărbosu has qualified for the final of the all-around competition of the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool. She finished the qualifications held on Saturday and Sunday in 23rd place with a total score of 52.233. She scored 13 points on vault, 13.433 on uneven bars, 12.500 on beam and 13.300 on floor. Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade came in first. She was followed by two American athletes: Shilese Jones and Jade Carey. 24 athletes will take part in the final scheduled for Thursday.



    Romania’s women’s handball team was defeated on Saturday in Tatabánya by its Hungarian counterpart, 33 to 28, in a preparation game for the European Championship that starts at the end of the week in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. The most goals of the Romanian team, 11, were scored by Sorina Grozav. On Wednesday, also in Hungary, Romania will meet Germany, in the last friendly game before the Europeans.




    Steaua Bucharest water polo team qualified for the round of 16 of the men’s LEN Euro Cup competition, after defeating, on Sunday, the Portuguese team Vitoria Guimaraes with a score of 14-5, in the last game of Group F of the competition. In the ranking, the Italian team Ortigia was in first place, with 12 points, followed by Steaua, with 9, the Hungarian team BVSC-Zuglo, with 6, the Serbian team Valis, with 3, and Vitoria Guimaraes, with no points. The first two teams go to the round of 16 of the LEN Euro Cup, and the others will continue in the Challenger Cup.



    Over the weekend, games took place in the Romanian Football SuperLiga, counting for the 16th stage, the first of the return leg. On Friday, in Ploiești, Chindia Târgoviște and FC Botoșani ended in a tie, 2 – 2, and in Craiova, Farul Constanța beat FC U 2-1. On Saturday, Petrolul Ploiești beat Voluntari 1-0. With the same score, Universitatea Craiova won away from home, the match against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. On Sunday, in Arad, FC Argeș won the game against UTA with 1-0. In the evening, in the derby, in Bucharest, Rapid beat CFR Cluj 2-1. The last two games of the stage: Mioveni – Hermannstadt and Universitatea Cluj – FCSB are due on Monday. In the ranking, Farul is in first place, with 37 points. Next is Rapid, with 32. (MI)


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    Sports Roundup


    Romanian athlete Ana Maria Bărbosu has qualified for the final of the all-around competition of the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool. She finished the qualifications held on Saturday and Sunday in 23rd place with a total score of 52.233. She scored 13 points on vault, 13.433 on uneven bars, 12.500 on beam and 13.300 on floor. Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade came in first. She was followed by two American athletes: Shilese Jones and Jade Carey. 24 athletes will take part in the final scheduled for Thursday.



    Romania’s women’s handball team was defeated on Saturday in Tatabánya by its Hungarian counterpart, 33 to 28, in a preparation game for the European Championship that starts at the end of the week in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. The most goals of the Romanian team, 11, were scored by Sorina Grozav. On Wednesday, also in Hungary, Romania will meet Germany, in the last friendly game before the Europeans.




    Steaua Bucharest water polo team qualified for the round of 16 of the men’s LEN Euro Cup competition, after defeating, on Sunday, the Portuguese team Vitoria Guimaraes with a score of 14-5, in the last game of Group F of the competition. In the ranking, the Italian team Ortigia was in first place, with 12 points, followed by Steaua, with 9, the Hungarian team BVSC-Zuglo, with 6, the Serbian team Valis, with 3, and Vitoria Guimaraes, with no points. The first two teams go to the round of 16 of the LEN Euro Cup, and the others will continue in the Challenger Cup.



    Over the weekend, games took place in the Romanian Football SuperLiga, counting for the 16th stage, the first of the return leg. On Friday, in Ploiești, Chindia Târgoviște and FC Botoșani ended in a tie, 2 – 2, and in Craiova, Farul Constanța beat FC U 2-1. On Saturday, Petrolul Ploiești beat Voluntari 1-0. With the same score, Universitatea Craiova won away from home, the match against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. On Sunday, in Arad, FC Argeș won the game against UTA with 1-0. In the evening, in the derby, in Bucharest, Rapid beat CFR Cluj 2-1. The last two games of the stage: Mioveni – Hermannstadt and Universitatea Cluj – FCSB are due on Monday. In the ranking, Farul is in first place, with 37 points. Next is Rapid, with 32. (MI)