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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup


    Romanian national football team’s record as part of the EURO 2024 qualifiers has been a no-defeat one, so far. We recall that in March, Romania won both fixtures, against Andorra and Belarus, respectively. This past Friday, in their third match as part of the qualifiers’ Group I, Romania’s match against Kosovo in Pristina ended in a blank draw. In its fourth official fixture on Monday, Romania takes on Switzerland in Lucerne.



    In news from volleyball, Romania’s women’s national volleyball team sustained a 1-3 away defeat by Slovakia this past Saturday in Nitra. It was our national team’s last fixture in Golden League’s group B. With only one win in four matches, Romania is at the bottom of the table on Group B, being outclassed by the Czech Republic, with three wins, and Slovakia, with two.



    In the men’s version of the Golden League, this past Sunday in Brasov, Romania was defeated by Portugal, 2-3. Turkey is at the top of the table, with 5 wins and 14 points. Portugal follows suit, with three wins and nine points all told. Romania has a record of two wins and 7 points, while bottom-of-the-table squad, Denmark, has also two wins but only six points on its record sheet.



    This past Sunday in Paris, world-class Romanian swimmer Constantin Popovici came in first in the second stage as part of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series circuit, with 464.9 points. Stepping onto the second step of the podium was Ukrainian swimmer Oleksy Prigorov, with 405.15 points, while Russia’s Nikita Fedotov was 3rd-placed, with 402.05 points. The 2022 vice-European champion, the other Romanian in the competition, Cătălin Preda, came in 6th, with 396.75 points. After two stages, in the overall rankings, Constantin Popovici is the leader, with 210 points.



    The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee has made public the Romanian delegation at the European Games scheduled to kick-start in Krakow this week. 150 athletes will take the start in the competition, of which 74 in the women’s competition and 76 in the men’s competition, in 18 sports disciplines. At the Games’ opening ceremony flag bearers will be world and European champion, rower Cătălin Chirilă, and European hammer throw champion Bianca Ghelber.






  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week


    The first major sporting event of the year in athletics was hosted by Istanbul in Turkey. The European Indoor Athletics Championships brought together roughly 600 athletes from 47 countries and Romania was represented by 14 athletes, 7 in the mens competitions and 7 in the womens contests. Four of them had made it to the finals of their competitions: Claudia Bobocea in the 15 hundred meter race. Alina Rotaru and Gabriel Bitan in the long jump event and Gabriela Stanciu in the high jump contest. Bitan won bronze in the event and Bobocea became silver medalist and has also been designated Athlete of the Week by Radio Romania International.


    We recall that Romania also put up a good show at the 2015 indoor edition in Prague, when Marian Oprea became bronze medalist in the triple jump event and Florentina Iusco in the long jump event. At the latest edition in Torun, Poland, the best Romanian performance was obtained by Daniela Stanciu who came fifth in the high jump contest. In Istanbul, Stanciu ranked seventh and Alina Rotaru fifth.


    Gabriel Bitan has won for Romania the first European medal in the mens long jump event since the silver obtained by Bogdan Ţăruş in 2005.


    However, the most interesting performance was obtained by Claudia Bobocea in the 15 hundred meter race, where she obtained the best time in her entire career, 4 minutes, 3 seconds and 76 hundredths. She was outperformed by multiple world and Olympic medalist Laura Muir, of Britain who ended the race only 36 hundredths before the Romanian athlete. Sofia Ennaoui of Poland came third in the race.


    Claudia Bobocea was bron in Bucharest on 11th June 1992 and took up athletics in 2007. She has always been among the worlds fastest runners in middle-distance races, although she has failed to obtain medals in major competitions.


    In 2016, she qualified for the 800 meter race in Rio Olympics but unfortunately went 51st. She obtained her best indoor performance in 2019 in Glasgow, when she ended the race in the seventh place, so the medal in Istanbul is her best performance so far.


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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week


    The first major sporting event of the year in athletics was hosted by Istanbul in Turkey. The European Indoor Athletics Championships brought together roughly 600 athletes from 47 countries and Romania was represented by 14 athletes, 7 in the mens competitions and 7 in the womens contests. Four of them had made it to the finals of their competitions: Claudia Bobocea in the 15 hundred meter race. Alina Rotaru and Gabriel Bitan in the long jump event and Gabriela Stanciu in the high jump contest. Bitan won bronze in the event and Bobocea became silver medalist and has also been designated Athlete of the Week by Radio Romania International.


    We recall that Romania also put up a good show at the 2015 indoor edition in Prague, when Marian Oprea became bronze medalist in the triple jump event and Florentina Iusco in the long jump event. At the latest edition in Torun, Poland, the best Romanian performance was obtained by Daniela Stanciu who came fifth in the high jump contest. In Istanbul, Stanciu ranked seventh and Alina Rotaru fifth.


    Gabriel Bitan has won for Romania the first European medal in the mens long jump event since the silver obtained by Bogdan Ţăruş in 2005.


    However, the most interesting performance was obtained by Claudia Bobocea in the 15 hundred meter race, where she obtained the best time in her entire career, 4 minutes, 3 seconds and 76 hundredths. She was outperformed by multiple world and Olympic medalist Laura Muir, of Britain who ended the race only 36 hundredths before the Romanian athlete. Sofia Ennaoui of Poland came third in the race.


    Claudia Bobocea was bron in Bucharest on 11th June 1992 and took up athletics in 2007. She has always been among the worlds fastest runners in middle-distance races, although she has failed to obtain medals in major competitions.


    In 2016, she qualified for the 800 meter race in Rio Olympics but unfortunately went 51st. She obtained her best indoor performance in 2019 in Glasgow, when she ended the race in the seventh place, so the medal in Istanbul is her best performance so far.


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  • Sports flash

    Sports flash


    Romania has walked away with eight medals at the European Cadet and Juniors Fencing Championships that drew to a close in Estonian capital city Tallin on Tuesday. In the cadet version of the competition, the Romanian fencers won gold in the women’s teams sabre event and silver in the men’s teams event. Silver also went to Amalia Covaliu, in the individual women’s sabre event and to Casian Cidu, in the men’s event. Anastasia Fusea also stepped onto the third step of the podium in the women’s sabre event, winning bronze. In the Juniors’ version of the Championships, the tally was made of three medals. The men’s sabre team won gold, Amalia Stan won bronze in the women’s sabre event, and also bronze went to Casian Cidu, in the men’s sabre event. Romania entered 42 fencers in the competition, for all categories.



    At the World Artistic Gymnastics Cup in Qatar’s Doha this past Wednesday, after the first day of the qualifiers, the Romanian gymnast Sabrina Maneca Voinea secured a place in the vault final. Qualifiers are also held on Thursday, while the finals are scheduled on Friday and Saturday.



    In Turkyie’s Istanbul, the European Indoor Athletics Championships are held from Thursday and all through to Sunday. A 14-strong Romanian delegation takes part in the competition, with seven women and seven men competing. The Championships bring together almost 600 athletes from 47 countries. At the most recent edition of the indoor European championships held in the Polish city of Torun, in 2021, the best Romanian performance was provided by Daniela Stanciu who came in 5th in the high-jump event.



    In news from football, matches counting towards Romanian Super League’s 28th round have been scheduled this week. On Tuesday, in Sibiu, Universitatea Cluj defeated FC Hermannstadt, 1-nil. In Ploiesti, Chindia Târgovişte held FC U Craiova to a blank draw, while in Ovidiu in the south-east, Farul Constanţa defeated Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 2-nil. On Wednesday, FC Voluntari defeated Dacia Mioveni, 3-nil, away from home, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a home win against FC Argeş, 1-nil, while Rapid Bucureşti defeated FC Botoşani, 2-1, away from home, Farul are the leader, with 61 points, while CFR are 2nd-placed, with 56. (EN)




  • Sports flash

    Sports flash


    Romania has walked away with eight medals at the European Cadet and Juniors Fencing Championships that drew to a close in Estonian capital city Tallin on Tuesday. In the cadet version of the competition, the Romanian fencers won gold in the women’s teams sabre event and silver in the men’s teams event. Silver also went to Amalia Covaliu, in the individual women’s sabre event and to Casian Cidu, in the men’s event. Anastasia Fusea also stepped onto the third step of the podium in the women’s sabre event, winning bronze. In the Juniors’ version of the Championships, the tally was made of three medals. The men’s sabre team won gold, Amalia Stan won bronze in the women’s sabre event, and also bronze went to Casian Cidu, in the men’s sabre event. Romania entered 42 fencers in the competition, for all categories.



    At the World Artistic Gymnastics Cup in Qatar’s Doha this past Wednesday, after the first day of the qualifiers, the Romanian gymnast Sabrina Maneca Voinea secured a place in the vault final. Qualifiers are also held on Thursday, while the finals are scheduled on Friday and Saturday.



    In Turkyie’s Istanbul, the European Indoor Athletics Championships are held from Thursday and all through to Sunday. A 14-strong Romanian delegation takes part in the competition, with seven women and seven men competing. The Championships bring together almost 600 athletes from 47 countries. At the most recent edition of the indoor European championships held in the Polish city of Torun, in 2021, the best Romanian performance was provided by Daniela Stanciu who came in 5th in the high-jump event.



    In news from football, matches counting towards Romanian Super League’s 28th round have been scheduled this week. On Tuesday, in Sibiu, Universitatea Cluj defeated FC Hermannstadt, 1-nil. In Ploiesti, Chindia Târgovişte held FC U Craiova to a blank draw, while in Ovidiu in the south-east, Farul Constanţa defeated Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 2-nil. On Wednesday, FC Voluntari defeated Dacia Mioveni, 3-nil, away from home, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a home win against FC Argeş, 1-nil, while Rapid Bucureşti defeated FC Botoşani, 2-1, away from home, Farul are the leader, with 61 points, while CFR are 2nd-placed, with 56. (EN)




  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    Romanian athletes are attending several championships presently underway in Europe. Italian capital Rome is these days hosting the European Aquatics Championship and Romanian swimmer David Popovici is the odds-on favourite in the 100 and 200 meter free-style races, where he is world champion. Popovici will also be competing in the 400 meter free-style race and in the 4×100 meter relay race.



    Until August 21st, Munich in Germany is hosting the multi-sport European Championships, which is to include competitions in several disciplines such as athletics, beach volleyball, kayak-canoe, cycling, rowing, artistic gymnastics, bouldering, table tennis and triathlon. Romanian athletes stand good chances to win medals in rowing and kayak-canoe competitions. Defending European champions, the Romanian double scull team made up of Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis stands good chances to win a medal in the aforementioned the competition and so does the Romanian eight, winner of the latest European Championship hosted by Italy.



    We also recall that the Romanian rowers of the mens four and eight walked away with silver medals from the Italian competition and so did our womens double. In the lightweight womens single scull race, where Gianina Beleagă is the European vice-champion, Romania is being represented by Ionela Cozmiuc, as Beleagă has become part of the Romanian four and eight in the same competition.



    Cătălin Chirilă stands good chances to win a medal for Romania in the 500 and 1000 meter canoe single races as one week ago he reaped a world title in the 1000 meter race and a silver medal in the 500 meter race in Halifax, Canada. His prize closed also includes a gold medal he won together with Victor Mihalachi in 1000 meter race of the European Games in Minsk and a bronze one with the same team mate in the latest edition of the European championships hosted by Poznan in Poland.



    A delegation of 20 athletes is representing Romania at the European Gymnastics Championships. We recall that Romania won silver at the European championships in Mersin Turkey in 2020. Larisa Iordache won gold in the beam and floor events and silver in the vault event. In the same competition Romanias junior team obtained gold in all the events as well as in the team competition.



    Ana Maria Bărbosu won five medals in various events of the aforementioned competition while Maria Ceplinschi won silver in the individual all-round event and the floor event and Andreea Preda walked away with bronze from the beam event. In the mens competition only one medal for Romania in Turkey. Gabriel Burtanete won gold in the vault event of the junior competition.


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  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    Romanian athletes are attending several championships presently underway in Europe. Italian capital Rome is these days hosting the European Aquatics Championship and Romanian swimmer David Popovici is the odds-on favourite in the 100 and 200 meter free-style races, where he is world champion. Popovici will also be competing in the 400 meter free-style race and in the 4×100 meter relay race.



    Until August 21st, Munich in Germany is hosting the multi-sport European Championships, which is to include competitions in several disciplines such as athletics, beach volleyball, kayak-canoe, cycling, rowing, artistic gymnastics, bouldering, table tennis and triathlon. Romanian athletes stand good chances to win medals in rowing and kayak-canoe competitions. Defending European champions, the Romanian double scull team made up of Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis stands good chances to win a medal in the aforementioned the competition and so does the Romanian eight, winner of the latest European Championship hosted by Italy.



    We also recall that the Romanian rowers of the mens four and eight walked away with silver medals from the Italian competition and so did our womens double. In the lightweight womens single scull race, where Gianina Beleagă is the European vice-champion, Romania is being represented by Ionela Cozmiuc, as Beleagă has become part of the Romanian four and eight in the same competition.



    Cătălin Chirilă stands good chances to win a medal for Romania in the 500 and 1000 meter canoe single races as one week ago he reaped a world title in the 1000 meter race and a silver medal in the 500 meter race in Halifax, Canada. His prize closed also includes a gold medal he won together with Victor Mihalachi in 1000 meter race of the European Games in Minsk and a bronze one with the same team mate in the latest edition of the European championships hosted by Poznan in Poland.



    A delegation of 20 athletes is representing Romania at the European Gymnastics Championships. We recall that Romania won silver at the European championships in Mersin Turkey in 2020. Larisa Iordache won gold in the beam and floor events and silver in the vault event. In the same competition Romanias junior team obtained gold in all the events as well as in the team competition.



    Ana Maria Bărbosu won five medals in various events of the aforementioned competition while Maria Ceplinschi won silver in the individual all-round event and the floor event and Andreea Preda walked away with bronze from the beam event. In the mens competition only one medal for Romania in Turkey. Gabriel Burtanete won gold in the vault event of the junior competition.


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  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    The Romanian athlete Alin Firfirică came out 7th in the discus throw finals of the World Athletics Championships hosted by the US city of Eugene, Oregon. Firfiricăs throw was 65.67 m, his best performance this season. The gold medal went to Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia, who broke the World Championships record with 71.13m. In the womens high jump event, Romanias Daniela Stanciu ranked 10th, with 1.93m, the same result she had in the qualifying round. The world title went to Australian Eleanor Patterson, for a 2.02m jump.



    Romanias womens epee team, made up of Greta Vereş, Alexandra Predescu, Cristina Constantinescu and Bianca Benea, came out 11th on Wednesday in the World Fencing Championships in Cairo. In the mens sabre event, Romanias team, comprising Iulian Teodosiu, Răzvan Ursachi, George Dragomir and Codrin Cozmuleanu, lost to Turkey in the very first round and ranked 17th at the end of the competition. Romania has so far won 2 bronze medals in Cairo, both of them in individual events, thanks to Iulian Teodosiu in the sabre competition and Maria Boldor in womens foil.



    The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu managed to qualify in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Palermo, with EUR 203,024 in prize money. On Wednesday she outplayed Océane Dodin of France, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that ended almost at midnight. Begu, seed no. 6, won the match after 2 hours and 4 minutes. The 2 athletes had played twice before, with one win each. The French player won the 2019 Wimbledon second round match, while Begu beat her in the first round of this years Australian Open. For her performance in Palermo, Irina Begu receives 60 WTA points.



    The 2-times swimming world champion David Popovici and his coach, Adrian Rădulescu, were decorated by president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday in a ceremony held at Cotroceni Palace. The head of state awarded the swimmer the “Star of Romania” National Order for his performance at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest this June. (AMP)


  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    The Romanian athlete Alin Firfirică came out 7th in the discus throw finals of the World Athletics Championships hosted by the US city of Eugene, Oregon. Firfiricăs throw was 65.67 m, his best performance this season. The gold medal went to Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia, who broke the World Championships record with 71.13m. In the womens high jump event, Romanias Daniela Stanciu ranked 10th, with 1.93m, the same result she had in the qualifying round. The world title went to Australian Eleanor Patterson, for a 2.02m jump.



    Romanias womens epee team, made up of Greta Vereş, Alexandra Predescu, Cristina Constantinescu and Bianca Benea, came out 11th on Wednesday in the World Fencing Championships in Cairo. In the mens sabre event, Romanias team, comprising Iulian Teodosiu, Răzvan Ursachi, George Dragomir and Codrin Cozmuleanu, lost to Turkey in the very first round and ranked 17th at the end of the competition. Romania has so far won 2 bronze medals in Cairo, both of them in individual events, thanks to Iulian Teodosiu in the sabre competition and Maria Boldor in womens foil.



    The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu managed to qualify in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Palermo, with EUR 203,024 in prize money. On Wednesday she outplayed Océane Dodin of France, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that ended almost at midnight. Begu, seed no. 6, won the match after 2 hours and 4 minutes. The 2 athletes had played twice before, with one win each. The French player won the 2019 Wimbledon second round match, while Begu beat her in the first round of this years Australian Open. For her performance in Palermo, Irina Begu receives 60 WTA points.



    The 2-times swimming world champion David Popovici and his coach, Adrian Rădulescu, were decorated by president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday in a ceremony held at Cotroceni Palace. The head of state awarded the swimmer the “Star of Romania” National Order for his performance at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest this June. (AMP)


  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend


    The World Athletics Championships kick off this
    weekend in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The competition will span the entire week, to
    end on July 24. Romania’s delegation comprises 8 athletes, 4 women and 4 men.
    Bianca Ghelber will compete in hammer throw, an event in which she came out 6th
    at the Tokyo Olympics. Alexandru Novac, another Tokyo Olympics finalist, is
    also expected to get good results in the javelin throw competition. The other
    Romanian participants are Daniela Stanciu
    in the high jump, Ana Veronica Rodean and Mihaela Acatrinei in the 20km race
    walk, Andrei Rareş Toader in shot put, Alin Alexandru Firfirica in discus throw
    and Marius Iulian Cocioran in the 35km race walk.


    Romania’s delegation in the World Fencing
    Championships in Cairo, which also begin this weekend, is made up of 18 athletes,
    12 women and 6 men, who target a place among the top 4-6 nations. Romania has
    complete teams in the men’s and women’s sabre events, and in the women’s foil
    and epee events, plus 2 athletes in the men’s epee individual event. The men’s
    sabre team, which ranked 5th in the European Championships hosted by
    Antalya, Turkey this June, has the best chances to meet the goal set by the
    Romanian Fencing Federation for the Cairo Championships. Sabreurs Răzvan
    Ursachi and Iulian Teodosiu also stand good chances, after ranking 5th
    and 6th in the European individual competition in Antalya. In the
    latest World Championships, held in 2019 in Budapest, Romania’s Bianca Pascu
    won the gold in the women’s individual sabre event. The most recent world titles for
    Romania were won by the women’s epee team in 2010 and 2011, and the men’s sabre
    team in 2009.


    We end today’s sports segment with news from
    football. This weekend sees the start of a new season of the Romanian top
    football league, which as of this year will be called Superleague. On Friday,
    FC Hermannstadt take on CS Mioveni and Universitatea Craiova play Sepsi Sfântu
    Gheorghe. On Saturday, FC Argeș play on home turf against UTA Arad, while CFR Cluj
    take on Rapid București. On Sunday, Farul Constanța play against FC U Craiova, and
    FCSB against Universitatea Cluj. The last 2 matches in this first leg are
    scheduled for Monday, pitting FC Botoșani against Chindia Târgoviște and
    Petrolul Ploiești against FC Voluntari. (AMP)

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend


    The World Athletics Championships kick off this
    weekend in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The competition will span the entire week, to
    end on July 24. Romania’s delegation comprises 8 athletes, 4 women and 4 men.
    Bianca Ghelber will compete in hammer throw, an event in which she came out 6th
    at the Tokyo Olympics. Alexandru Novac, another Tokyo Olympics finalist, is
    also expected to get good results in the javelin throw competition. The other
    Romanian participants are Daniela Stanciu
    in the high jump, Ana Veronica Rodean and Mihaela Acatrinei in the 20km race
    walk, Andrei Rareş Toader in shot put, Alin Alexandru Firfirica in discus throw
    and Marius Iulian Cocioran in the 35km race walk.


    Romania’s delegation in the World Fencing
    Championships in Cairo, which also begin this weekend, is made up of 18 athletes,
    12 women and 6 men, who target a place among the top 4-6 nations. Romania has
    complete teams in the men’s and women’s sabre events, and in the women’s foil
    and epee events, plus 2 athletes in the men’s epee individual event. The men’s
    sabre team, which ranked 5th in the European Championships hosted by
    Antalya, Turkey this June, has the best chances to meet the goal set by the
    Romanian Fencing Federation for the Cairo Championships. Sabreurs Răzvan
    Ursachi and Iulian Teodosiu also stand good chances, after ranking 5th
    and 6th in the European individual competition in Antalya. In the
    latest World Championships, held in 2019 in Budapest, Romania’s Bianca Pascu
    won the gold in the women’s individual sabre event. The most recent world titles for
    Romania were won by the women’s epee team in 2010 and 2011, and the men’s sabre
    team in 2009.


    We end today’s sports segment with news from
    football. This weekend sees the start of a new season of the Romanian top
    football league, which as of this year will be called Superleague. On Friday,
    FC Hermannstadt take on CS Mioveni and Universitatea Craiova play Sepsi Sfântu
    Gheorghe. On Saturday, FC Argeș play on home turf against UTA Arad, while CFR Cluj
    take on Rapid București. On Sunday, Farul Constanța play against FC U Craiova, and
    FCSB against Universitatea Cluj. The last 2 matches in this first leg are
    scheduled for Monday, pitting FC Botoșani against Chindia Târgoviște and
    Petrolul Ploiești against FC Voluntari. (AMP)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week



    The international athletics competition season is in full swing. Athletes have been going at all lengths to meet the targets set for their participation in the major international competitions of the summer season, so they have a very busy weekly schedule, competing even in three events a week. Fairly recently, Romanian athletes have distinguished themselves in various competitions; some of them even qualified for the upcoming events. For instance, Andrei Rares Toader won the shotput event as part of the international reunion in Prague. Andrei Toader succeeded his performance of the ongoing season, with a throw of 21 meters and 2 centimeters. Andrei Toader met the target set for the European Championships hosted by the city of Munich in August. The Romanian was only 8 centimeters away from meeting the target set for the World championships, to be held in the US locality of Eugene, Oregon, in July.



    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann is another Romanian athlete who booked her ticket for the European Championship in Germany. At the competition hosted by the locality of Inneringen-Hettingen, in the Land of Baden-Württemberg, Rotaru-Kottman won the long-distance jump event, with a jump of 6 meters and 69 centimeters. On Thursday, Alina won a similar event in a competition hosted by the town of Filothei, in Greece, with a jump of 6 meters and 63 centimeters.



    However, the performer of the week was middle-distance race runner Claudia Bobocea. On Tuesday in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, Bobocea came in 4th in the 1,500m race. Her timing, nonetheless, enabled Claudia to qualify for this coming Julys World Championships in the US, but also for the European Championships, to be held in Germany in August. In Manchester on Friday, in a contest which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour circuit, Claudia Bobocea won the 800m race. Then on Sunday, in Moroccan capital city of Rabat, in an international contest which is part of the Diamond League circuit, Bobocea came in 5th in the 1,500m race. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Claudia Bobocea the Athlete of the week.



    Claudia hails from Bucharest. She was born on June 11, 1992. Claudia Bobocea has been an athlete since 2007. In 2014, she came in 4th in the nations competition 4×1,500 event as part of the IAAF World Relays held in Nassau, Bahamas. In the Rio Olympics in 2016, Claudia Bobocea was 51st placed in the 800m race. In 2021, at the Tokyo Olympics, Claudia Bobocea came in 33rd in the 1,500m race.


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  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week



    The international athletics competition season is in full swing. Athletes have been going at all lengths to meet the targets set for their participation in the major international competitions of the summer season, so they have a very busy weekly schedule, competing even in three events a week. Fairly recently, Romanian athletes have distinguished themselves in various competitions; some of them even qualified for the upcoming events. For instance, Andrei Rares Toader won the shotput event as part of the international reunion in Prague. Andrei Toader succeeded his performance of the ongoing season, with a throw of 21 meters and 2 centimeters. Andrei Toader met the target set for the European Championships hosted by the city of Munich in August. The Romanian was only 8 centimeters away from meeting the target set for the World championships, to be held in the US locality of Eugene, Oregon, in July.



    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann is another Romanian athlete who booked her ticket for the European Championship in Germany. At the competition hosted by the locality of Inneringen-Hettingen, in the Land of Baden-Württemberg, Rotaru-Kottman won the long-distance jump event, with a jump of 6 meters and 69 centimeters. On Thursday, Alina won a similar event in a competition hosted by the town of Filothei, in Greece, with a jump of 6 meters and 63 centimeters.



    However, the performer of the week was middle-distance race runner Claudia Bobocea. On Tuesday in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, Bobocea came in 4th in the 1,500m race. Her timing, nonetheless, enabled Claudia to qualify for this coming Julys World Championships in the US, but also for the European Championships, to be held in Germany in August. In Manchester on Friday, in a contest which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour circuit, Claudia Bobocea won the 800m race. Then on Sunday, in Moroccan capital city of Rabat, in an international contest which is part of the Diamond League circuit, Bobocea came in 5th in the 1,500m race. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Claudia Bobocea the Athlete of the week.



    Claudia hails from Bucharest. She was born on June 11, 1992. Claudia Bobocea has been an athlete since 2007. In 2014, she came in 4th in the nations competition 4×1,500 event as part of the IAAF World Relays held in Nassau, Bahamas. In the Rio Olympics in 2016, Claudia Bobocea was 51st placed in the 800m race. In 2021, at the Tokyo Olympics, Claudia Bobocea came in 33rd in the 1,500m race.


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  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend




    Men’s basketball team U-BT Cluj-Napoca on Thursday won
    their 4th consecutive domestic title. In the National League final, U-BT Cluj-Napoca
    grabbed an 85-74 away win against CSO Voluntari, in the fourth fixture pitting
    U-BT against the Ilfov-based squad. U-BT won on aggregate, 3-1.
    In the debut game they played at home, U-BT won, 87-65. CSO Voluntari won the
    second fixture, 74-69. Then U-BT Cluj-Napoca won both games they played in Voluntari,
    92-84 and 85-74, respectively. We recall U-BT Cluj-Napoca were also title
    holders in 2011, 2017 and 2021.


    Romania’s men’s national volleyball team this coming Saturday
    plays an away game against Bosnia Herzegovina, in Tuzla. It is the fourth
    fixture as part of the Silver League European Competition’s Group B. The Romanians
    had previously outclassed Albania in Tirana, 3-1. In Galati, in the east, the Romanian
    national team defeated North Macedonia, 3-2. Romania grabbed yet another win
    against Bosnia-Herzegovina, 3-nil. In Group B, Romania is at the top of the
    table, with 8 points.


    The Romanian men’s national football team this coming
    Sunday makes its debut in a new edition of the Nations League. In Podgorica, Romania
    takes on Montenegro. The fixture counts towards the 3rd Group as
    part of the Nations League’s second-tier League B. It is head-coach Edward
    Iordănescu’s debut game on the job. A 30-strong pool of regulars has been
    summoned, of which 5 footballers are first-timers in a national-level match. Defender
    Vlad Chiriches, currently signed up by the Italian team Sassuolo, boasts most caps
    for the national squad, 71. The Romanian international footballer Alexandru
    Maxim, currently playing for Gaziantep, in Turkey, follows suit, with 52 caps.
    This coming Tuesday Romania plays Bosnia-Herzegovina, also away from home, in
    Zenica. The Romanian national squad’s next scheduled fixtures are the games
    against Finland, on June 11 and against Montenegro, on June 14. Both matches are
    to be played at home.


    Romanian runner Claudia Bobocea on Sunday will compete
    in the 1,500m race, in an athletics competition as part of the Diamond League
    circuit, to be hosted by the Moroccan capital Rabat.

    (EN)



  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend




    Men’s basketball team U-BT Cluj-Napoca on Thursday won
    their 4th consecutive domestic title. In the National League final, U-BT Cluj-Napoca
    grabbed an 85-74 away win against CSO Voluntari, in the fourth fixture pitting
    U-BT against the Ilfov-based squad. U-BT won on aggregate, 3-1.
    In the debut game they played at home, U-BT won, 87-65. CSO Voluntari won the
    second fixture, 74-69. Then U-BT Cluj-Napoca won both games they played in Voluntari,
    92-84 and 85-74, respectively. We recall U-BT Cluj-Napoca were also title
    holders in 2011, 2017 and 2021.


    Romania’s men’s national volleyball team this coming Saturday
    plays an away game against Bosnia Herzegovina, in Tuzla. It is the fourth
    fixture as part of the Silver League European Competition’s Group B. The Romanians
    had previously outclassed Albania in Tirana, 3-1. In Galati, in the east, the Romanian
    national team defeated North Macedonia, 3-2. Romania grabbed yet another win
    against Bosnia-Herzegovina, 3-nil. In Group B, Romania is at the top of the
    table, with 8 points.


    The Romanian men’s national football team this coming
    Sunday makes its debut in a new edition of the Nations League. In Podgorica, Romania
    takes on Montenegro. The fixture counts towards the 3rd Group as
    part of the Nations League’s second-tier League B. It is head-coach Edward
    Iordănescu’s debut game on the job. A 30-strong pool of regulars has been
    summoned, of which 5 footballers are first-timers in a national-level match. Defender
    Vlad Chiriches, currently signed up by the Italian team Sassuolo, boasts most caps
    for the national squad, 71. The Romanian international footballer Alexandru
    Maxim, currently playing for Gaziantep, in Turkey, follows suit, with 52 caps.
    This coming Tuesday Romania plays Bosnia-Herzegovina, also away from home, in
    Zenica. The Romanian national squad’s next scheduled fixtures are the games
    against Finland, on June 11 and against Montenegro, on June 14. Both matches are
    to be played at home.


    Romanian runner Claudia Bobocea on Sunday will compete
    in the 1,500m race, in an athletics competition as part of the Diamond League
    circuit, to be hosted by the Moroccan capital Rabat.

    (EN)