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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Unfortunately,
    Romania is no longer represented at the Roland Garros tennis tournament. The
    competition’s odds-on favourite and the world’s number two, Romanian Simona
    Halep, failed to qualify for the quarters after losing to Iga Swiatek of Poland
    on Sunday, 6-1, 6-2.






    Also in the
    round of 16, the Romanian pair made up of Andreea Mitu and Patricia Tig was
    outperformed by Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2,
    6-3. In the men’s competition the Romanian/Dutch pair Horia Tecau – Jean Julien
    Rojer were stopped in their tracks by Mate Pavic of Croatia and Bruno Soares of
    Brazil, who won the game 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.






    Romanian
    gymnast Marian Dragulescu came fourth in the vault event of the World Cup held
    in the Hungarian city of Szombathely. The contest went to Igor Radivilov of
    Ukraine with 14.150 points.






    SC Miercurea
    Ciuc and ACSH Gheorgheni on Sunday secured victories in the regional ice hockey
    competition called Erste Liga. Miercurea Ciuc clinched a 5-2 win against Opten Vasas
    Budapest through goals scored by Judd Blackwater, Csanad Fodor, Justin Maylan,
    Mathieu Tousignant and Andrei Taratuhin. ACSH obtained a 2-1 away win against
    Ferencvaros Budapest in the extra time. Shauwn Ouellette, ST Amant and Tero
    Koskiranta scored for the winners.

    Last weekend
    saw the games of the sixth leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday in
    Craiova, local side Universitatea outperformed Poli Iasi 1-0. On Saturday,
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe secured a 1-0 home win against FC Arges while FC
    Voluntari clinched a 3-2 away victory against Astra Giurgiu.






    FCSB
    outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 3-2. On Sunday, Chindia Targoviste defeated FC
    Botosani 2-0, while the match pitching Gaz Metan Medias against FC Hermannstadt
    ended in a one-all draw and so did the game in Ovidiu, southern Romania,
    opposing FC Viitorul to CFR Cluj. Universitatea Craiova tops the table with 18
    points followed by FCSB and CFR each with 12.




    (bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Unfortunately,
    Romania is no longer represented at the Roland Garros tennis tournament. The
    competition’s odds-on favourite and the world’s number two, Romanian Simona
    Halep, failed to qualify for the quarters after losing to Iga Swiatek of Poland
    on Sunday, 6-1, 6-2.






    Also in the
    round of 16, the Romanian pair made up of Andreea Mitu and Patricia Tig was
    outperformed by Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2,
    6-3. In the men’s competition the Romanian/Dutch pair Horia Tecau – Jean Julien
    Rojer were stopped in their tracks by Mate Pavic of Croatia and Bruno Soares of
    Brazil, who won the game 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.






    Romanian
    gymnast Marian Dragulescu came fourth in the vault event of the World Cup held
    in the Hungarian city of Szombathely. The contest went to Igor Radivilov of
    Ukraine with 14.150 points.






    SC Miercurea
    Ciuc and ACSH Gheorgheni on Sunday secured victories in the regional ice hockey
    competition called Erste Liga. Miercurea Ciuc clinched a 5-2 win against Opten Vasas
    Budapest through goals scored by Judd Blackwater, Csanad Fodor, Justin Maylan,
    Mathieu Tousignant and Andrei Taratuhin. ACSH obtained a 2-1 away win against
    Ferencvaros Budapest in the extra time. Shauwn Ouellette, ST Amant and Tero
    Koskiranta scored for the winners.

    Last weekend
    saw the games of the sixth leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday in
    Craiova, local side Universitatea outperformed Poli Iasi 1-0. On Saturday,
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe secured a 1-0 home win against FC Arges while FC
    Voluntari clinched a 3-2 away victory against Astra Giurgiu.






    FCSB
    outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 3-2. On Sunday, Chindia Targoviste defeated FC
    Botosani 2-0, while the match pitching Gaz Metan Medias against FC Hermannstadt
    ended in a one-all draw and so did the game in Ovidiu, southern Romania,
    opposing FC Viitorul to CFR Cluj. Universitatea Craiova tops the table with 18
    points followed by FCSB and CFR each with 12.




    (bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian fencers came empty-handed
    from the European fencing championships held last week in Dusseldorf, Germany. Ranking
    fourth in the standings, male sabers from our delegation came closest to the
    podium.






    In the Round of 16, Romania secured
    a 45-31 win against Belgium and outperformed Russia 45-42 in the quarters. Our
    athletes were stopped in their tracks by Hungary 45-40 and they also lost the
    contest for the third position 35-45 to Italy.






    Sambo fighters from Romania,
    Daniela Poroineanu in the 56 kilogram category, Anda Mihaela Valvoi in the 64
    and Alina – Petronela Paunescu in the 80+ kilogram on Saturday walked away with
    bronze medals from the European Games in Minsk.






    In the same competition Romanian boxers,
    Cosmin Petre Girleanu and Maria Claudia Nechita on Sunday qualified for the
    quarter-finals of their categories. Girleanu, world under-21 champion in 2015,
    obtained a 3-2 win against Hungarian Attila Bernath in the eighth finals. The
    Romanian will be up against Armenian Artur Hovhasinian in the quarters. In the
    women’s contest, Claudia Nechita has qualified for the quarter finals of the 51
    kilogram category after 5-0 win against Veronica Losvik of Norway and will be
    up against Svetlana Soluianova of Russia in the quarters on Wednesday.






    Romania’s athletics team has
    qualified for the quarter finals of the same competition. They were part of a
    qualifying series that also included Russia, France, Italy, Slovenia and
    Estonia. The best Romanian athletes were Mihai Donisan, who came first in the
    high jump event and Florentina Iusco who came second in the long jump event.
    The quarter finals are due on Tuesday.




    Monica Niculescu has won the ITF
    lawn tournament in Ilkley, Great Britain. On Sunday, the Romanian defeated
    Timea Babos of Hungary in the finals 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.



    (translated by bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian fencers came empty-handed
    from the European fencing championships held last week in Dusseldorf, Germany. Ranking
    fourth in the standings, male sabers from our delegation came closest to the
    podium.






    In the Round of 16, Romania secured
    a 45-31 win against Belgium and outperformed Russia 45-42 in the quarters. Our
    athletes were stopped in their tracks by Hungary 45-40 and they also lost the
    contest for the third position 35-45 to Italy.






    Sambo fighters from Romania,
    Daniela Poroineanu in the 56 kilogram category, Anda Mihaela Valvoi in the 64
    and Alina – Petronela Paunescu in the 80+ kilogram on Saturday walked away with
    bronze medals from the European Games in Minsk.






    In the same competition Romanian boxers,
    Cosmin Petre Girleanu and Maria Claudia Nechita on Sunday qualified for the
    quarter-finals of their categories. Girleanu, world under-21 champion in 2015,
    obtained a 3-2 win against Hungarian Attila Bernath in the eighth finals. The
    Romanian will be up against Armenian Artur Hovhasinian in the quarters. In the
    women’s contest, Claudia Nechita has qualified for the quarter finals of the 51
    kilogram category after 5-0 win against Veronica Losvik of Norway and will be
    up against Svetlana Soluianova of Russia in the quarters on Wednesday.






    Romania’s athletics team has
    qualified for the quarter finals of the same competition. They were part of a
    qualifying series that also included Russia, France, Italy, Slovenia and
    Estonia. The best Romanian athletes were Mihai Donisan, who came first in the
    high jump event and Florentina Iusco who came second in the long jump event.
    The quarter finals are due on Tuesday.




    Monica Niculescu has won the ITF
    lawn tournament in Ilkley, Great Britain. On Sunday, the Romanian defeated
    Timea Babos of Hungary in the finals 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.



    (translated by bill)