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Olympic Update

Three Romanian rowing crews on Tuesday qualified to the finals of the Olympic Games in Paris. In lightweight women’s pair defending Olympic champions Ancuţa Bodnar and Simona Radiş won the second semi-finals and secured a nail-biting position in the finals.

After three quarters of the race Bodnar and Radis were fourth placed, but their finish was extraordinary. Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache qualified to the men’s pair final, having come in 3rd in the first semi-final. The men’s quadruple sculls crew made of Ştefan Berariu, Sergiu Bejan, Andrei Mândrilă and Ciprian Tudosă secured their position in the finals, having come in 2nd in the repechage.

Also qualifying to the final were women’s coxless quadruple sculls and the coxed eight crews.

Romania’s women’s gymnastics team came in 7th in the nations’ competition final held on Tuesday. The winner was the team of the United States, followed by Italy and Brazil. For the Romanians, it was the first Olympic final since 2012 when, at the London Olympics, the team stepped onto the third step of the podium. Stepping out of the line in the Romanian team was Ana Barbosu who got 13.933 points in the vault event. Also, Sabrina Voinea got 13.900 points in the floor event and 13.800 points in the beam event.

Romania’s national water polo team has also lost its second game as part of the Olympics, On Tuesday Romania sustained a 8-14 defeat by the United States. Romania’s scorers were Vlad Georgescu and Silvian Colodrovschi, with three goals each, and Andrei Neamţu and Matei Luţescu. Bogdan Rath’s trainees had a bracing start, leading in the first half, 1-nil, 2-1 and 3-2. Yet the US were quick to level the score. Then a dismal period followed, with Romania receiving seven goals in a row and the scoreboard displaying a 9-3 advantage for the United States, from a meagre 3-2 advantage for Romania. The Americans succeeded to maintain their six-goal advantage to the end, although the game became more balanced. We recall Romania previously sustained a 7-14 defeat by vice-Olympic champions Greece.

31 July 2024
Radio Romania International Sports Club

Romanian gymnastics
seems to have been marred by the gymnasts’ constant lacklustre performance in
recent years. The national team no longer qualified to the Olympic games, while the
medal tally in world and European competitions has been unavoidably low. For instance,
in the 2022 edition of the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, the
Romanian gymnasts walked home with no medal. Romanian delegation’s best result
back then was Gabriel Burtanete’s coming in 4th in the vault final. Gabriel
needed only two tenths of a point to step onto a step of the podium. In the all-round
event final, Gabriel Burtanete came in 23rd. In the women’s version
of the championships, the only Romanian gymnast to have advanced to the final
was Ana Maria Barbosu, who in the all-round event came in 20th.

The 2023 competition season, however, had a
more auspicious start. In the FIG Apparatus World Cup held in Qatar’s
Doha, the Romanian Sabrina Voinea won two gold medals, in the beam and floor
events. Sabrina was granted 13.766 points in the beam final, outclassing the runner-up
gymnast Ana Lascevska of Ukraine by more than four tenths of a point. In the
floor event, Sabrina’s win was
even clearer. Sabrina was granted 13.600 points, that if seven tenths of a point
more than silver medalist, Japan’s Chiaki Hatakeda.

It was the first international seniors’ competition
for 15-year-old Sabrina; her performance is all the more impressive, given
she is still very young. Sabrina will now need to confirm her stunning debut
performance in an international competition at the coming European Gymnastics Championships,
to be held in Turkyie’s Antalya between April 11 and 16. Sabrina’s trainer is
her mother Camelia Voinea, a former gymnast and a silver medalist in the Olympic
Games in Seoul, in 1988, in the nations’ competition. (EN)

8 March 2023
Radio Romania International Sports Club

Romanian gymnastics
seems to have been marred by the gymnasts’ constant lacklustre performance in
recent years. The national team no longer qualified to the Olympic games, while the
medal tally in world and European competitions has been unavoidably low. For instance,
in the 2022 edition of the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, the
Romanian gymnasts walked home with no medal. Romanian delegation’s best result
back then was Gabriel Burtanete’s coming in 4th in the vault final. Gabriel
needed only two tenths of a point to step onto a step of the podium. In the all-round
event final, Gabriel Burtanete came in 23rd. In the women’s version
of the championships, the only Romanian gymnast to have advanced to the final
was Ana Maria Barbosu, who in the all-round event came in 20th.

The 2023 competition season, however, had a
more auspicious start. In the FIG Apparatus World Cup held in Qatar’s
Doha, the Romanian Sabrina Voinea won two gold medals, in the beam and floor
events. Sabrina was granted 13.766 points in the beam final, outclassing the runner-up
gymnast Ana Lascevska of Ukraine by more than four tenths of a point. In the
floor event, Sabrina’s win was
even clearer. Sabrina was granted 13.600 points, that if seven tenths of a point
more than silver medalist, Japan’s Chiaki Hatakeda.

It was the first international seniors’ competition
for 15-year-old Sabrina; her performance is all the more impressive, given
she is still very young. Sabrina will now need to confirm her stunning debut
performance in an international competition at the coming European Gymnastics Championships,
to be held in Turkyie’s Antalya between April 11 and 16. Sabrina’s trainer is
her mother Camelia Voinea, a former gymnast and a silver medalist in the Olympic
Games in Seoul, in 1988, in the nations’ competition. (EN)

8 March 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday sustained an away defeat by the narrowest of margins, 33 to 34, in the game against German title holders Magdeburg. It was the last match Dinamo played in the Champions League’s Group A. Dinamo came in 5th, according to the final rankings. French team Paris Saint-Germain was at the top of the table in Group A, while Magdeburg was the runner-up team. The first two teams in descending order secured their direct qualification to the Champions League’s quarterfinals. According to a round-robin system, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th -placed teams in Groups A and B will play the playoff fixtures, in a bid to advance to the League’s quarterfinals. Dinamo are pitted against the other German team in the league, THW Kiel. Romanian title holders will play the first leg on March 22 in Bucharest, while the return leg is scheduled a week later in Germany.

As part of the European Indoor Athletics Championships held in Turkyie’s Istanbul, the Romanian athlete Daniela Stanciu this past Thursday qualified to the high-jump finals. Stanciu jumped over the horizontal bar placed at 1 meter 91 centimeters, just as the other seven athletes who made it to the final. However, decisive for the qualification to the finals was the number of attempts each of the athletes needed to meet the set target. Stanciu needed two attempts, just Serbia’s Angelina Topic and Germany’s Christina Honsel. The final is scheduled on Sunday morning.

At the World Cup in Gymnastics, held in Qatar’s Doha, the Romanian gymnasts have qualified to four of the competition’s finals. On Friday, Sabrina Maneca Voinea will prove her mettle in the women’s vault finals. On Saturday, Sabrina Maneca Voinea will again compete in the beam and floor finals, while Andrei Muntean competes in the men’s parallel bars finals.

This coming Sunday in Tbilisi, Romania’s national rugby team take on Georgia, in a fixture counting towards the semi-finals of the Rugby Europe Championship 2023. 33 athletes have been summoned for the match, with 22 of them playing in the domestic championship and 11 being signed up by French clubs. According to the as-it-stands world rankings, Georgia are 12th-placed, while Romania, 20th-placed.

We end with news from football. This week saw fixtures being played, counting towards the Romanian Super League’s 28th round. On Tuesday in Sibiu, Universitatea Cluj defeated FC Hermannstadt 1-nil. In Ploieşti, the match pitting Chindia Târgovişte and FC U Craiova ended in a blank draw, then in Ovidiu, Farul Constanţa won the game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 2-nil. On Wednesday, FC Voluntari grabbed a 3-nil away win against Dacia Mioveni, Universitatea Craiova secured a 1-nil home win against FC Argeş, while Rapid Bucharest defeated FC Botosani away from home, 2-1. In Cluj on Thursday, CFR defeated UTA Arad, 2-1, while in Bucharest, FCSB a trounced Petrolul Ploiesti, 4-1. Fixtures counting towards the league’s 29th round are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, Universitatea Cluj go against Farul Constanța. On Saturday, FC U Craiova play a home game against FC Botosani, while in Bucharest, Rapid play FC Hermannstadt. On Sunday, Dacia Mioveni face Chindia Targoviste, Petrolul from Ploiesti take on Universitatea Craiova, while UTA Arad play FCSB. On Monday, FC Voluntari are pitted against FC Argeș, while Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe face CFR Cluj. Farul are at the top of the table, with 61 points, followed by CFR, with 59. (EN)

3 March 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday sustained an away defeat by the narrowest of margins, 33 to 34, in the game against German title holders Magdeburg. It was the last match Dinamo played in the Champions League’s Group A. Dinamo came in 5th, according to the final rankings. French team Paris Saint-Germain was at the top of the table in Group A, while Magdeburg was the runner-up team. The first two teams in descending order secured their direct qualification to the Champions League’s quarterfinals. According to a round-robin system, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th -placed teams in Groups A and B will play the playoff fixtures, in a bid to advance to the League’s quarterfinals. Dinamo are pitted against the other German team in the league, THW Kiel. Romanian title holders will play the first leg on March 22 in Bucharest, while the return leg is scheduled a week later in Germany.

As part of the European Indoor Athletics Championships held in Turkyie’s Istanbul, the Romanian athlete Daniela Stanciu this past Thursday qualified to the high-jump finals. Stanciu jumped over the horizontal bar placed at 1 meter 91 centimeters, just as the other seven athletes who made it to the final. However, decisive for the qualification to the finals was the number of attempts each of the athletes needed to meet the set target. Stanciu needed two attempts, just Serbia’s Angelina Topic and Germany’s Christina Honsel. The final is scheduled on Sunday morning.

At the World Cup in Gymnastics, held in Qatar’s Doha, the Romanian gymnasts have qualified to four of the competition’s finals. On Friday, Sabrina Maneca Voinea will prove her mettle in the women’s vault finals. On Saturday, Sabrina Maneca Voinea will again compete in the beam and floor finals, while Andrei Muntean competes in the men’s parallel bars finals.

This coming Sunday in Tbilisi, Romania’s national rugby team take on Georgia, in a fixture counting towards the semi-finals of the Rugby Europe Championship 2023. 33 athletes have been summoned for the match, with 22 of them playing in the domestic championship and 11 being signed up by French clubs. According to the as-it-stands world rankings, Georgia are 12th-placed, while Romania, 20th-placed.

We end with news from football. This week saw fixtures being played, counting towards the Romanian Super League’s 28th round. On Tuesday in Sibiu, Universitatea Cluj defeated FC Hermannstadt 1-nil. In Ploieşti, the match pitting Chindia Târgovişte and FC U Craiova ended in a blank draw, then in Ovidiu, Farul Constanţa won the game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 2-nil. On Wednesday, FC Voluntari grabbed a 3-nil away win against Dacia Mioveni, Universitatea Craiova secured a 1-nil home win against FC Argeş, while Rapid Bucharest defeated FC Botosani away from home, 2-1. In Cluj on Thursday, CFR defeated UTA Arad, 2-1, while in Bucharest, FCSB a trounced Petrolul Ploiesti, 4-1. Fixtures counting towards the league’s 29th round are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, Universitatea Cluj go against Farul Constanța. On Saturday, FC U Craiova play a home game against FC Botosani, while in Bucharest, Rapid play FC Hermannstadt. On Sunday, Dacia Mioveni face Chindia Targoviste, Petrolul from Ploiesti take on Universitatea Craiova, while UTA Arad play FCSB. On Monday, FC Voluntari are pitted against FC Argeș, while Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe face CFR Cluj. Farul are at the top of the table, with 61 points, followed by CFR, with 59. (EN)

3 March 2023
Romania at the Olympic Games

For decades,
Romania was at the top of world gymnastics. Athletes such as the Olympic
champions Nadia Comăneci, Ecaterina Szabo, Daniela Silivaș, Simona Amânar or
Cătălina Ponor made for years the headlines in sports news from all over the
world. In recent years, however, Romanian gymnastics hasn’t got any good
results. The Romanian teams’ failing to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo
is the full expression of the catastrophic decline of Romanian gymnastics.

The last edition of the
Olympic Games where Romania got some notable results in gymnastics was the one
in London, in 2012. The women’s team ranked 3rd in the rankings by country, and
Catalina Ponor won the silver medal in the floor exercise. The best result was
the first place won by Sandra Izbaşa in the vault event, a result that brought
the last Olympic gold medal in the Romanian gymnastics’ record.

Sandra Izbaşa was born on
June 18th, 1990, in Bucharest. She started practicing gymnastics at the age of
4. At 12 she was already part of the national junior team. Her first big
performance as a senior was in 2006, at Romania’s International Gymnastics Competition
where she won the all-around individual, floor and vault events. Also in 2006,
at the European Championships in Volos, she won a gold medal on floor, a silver
one with the team, and a bronze medal in the beam event.

There followed many other
medals won at European and world competitions. It all culminated in the Olympic
Games in Beijing, in 2008, where Sandra won gold on floor. There followed two
years poor in notable results. In 2011, however, at the European Championships
in Berlin, Sandra Izbaşa ranked first in both floor and vault. Also, she
returned with two gold medals from the European Championships in Brussels, in
2012: one in the vault event and another one with the team. The success scored
the same year, at the Olympic Games in London, was the last major result of
Sandra Izbaşa’s sporting career.

(M.Ignatescu)

11 February 2022
Romania at the Olympic Games

For decades,
Romania was at the top of world gymnastics. Athletes such as the Olympic
champions Nadia Comăneci, Ecaterina Szabo, Daniela Silivaș, Simona Amânar or
Cătălina Ponor made for years the headlines in sports news from all over the
world. In recent years, however, Romanian gymnastics hasn’t got any good
results. The Romanian teams’ failing to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo
is the full expression of the catastrophic decline of Romanian gymnastics.

The last edition of the
Olympic Games where Romania got some notable results in gymnastics was the one
in London, in 2012. The women’s team ranked 3rd in the rankings by country, and
Catalina Ponor won the silver medal in the floor exercise. The best result was
the first place won by Sandra Izbaşa in the vault event, a result that brought
the last Olympic gold medal in the Romanian gymnastics’ record.

Sandra Izbaşa was born on
June 18th, 1990, in Bucharest. She started practicing gymnastics at the age of
4. At 12 she was already part of the national junior team. Her first big
performance as a senior was in 2006, at Romania’s International Gymnastics Competition
where she won the all-around individual, floor and vault events. Also in 2006,
at the European Championships in Volos, she won a gold medal on floor, a silver
one with the team, and a bronze medal in the beam event.

There followed many other
medals won at European and world competitions. It all culminated in the Olympic
Games in Beijing, in 2008, where Sandra won gold on floor. There followed two
years poor in notable results. In 2011, however, at the European Championships
in Berlin, Sandra Izbaşa ranked first in both floor and vault. Also, she
returned with two gold medals from the European Championships in Brussels, in
2012: one in the vault event and another one with the team. The success scored
the same year, at the Olympic Games in London, was the last major result of
Sandra Izbaşa’s sporting career.

(M.Ignatescu)

11 February 2022
Romania at the Olympic Games

The
history of Romanian gymnastics is dominated by the personality and achievements
of Nadia Comăneci. However, since that moment on, a lot of tremendously
talented athletes followed in Nadia’s footsteps, some of them with remarkable
results. This is the case with Daniela Silivaș, an Olympic champion in 3 events
in Seoul, 1988.

She
was born in 1970, in Deva, and was one of the first gymnasts trained at the
Deva Olympic Centre opened in 1978. Her first coach was professor Ioan Cărpinișan.
In 1980, Daniela Silivaș was already the winner of the national school
championships. In 1982 she won the gold in the all-around, beam, floor and
vault events of the national junior championship.

There
followed a triumphant international debut, with Daniela Silivas winning the
all-around and floor events of the Junior World Gymnastics Championships in
Japan. In ’84, at the Junior European Championship in Rimini, Italy, she
walked home with the gold medal in the beam event and the silver in the uneven
bars and floor.

Daniela
Silivas moved on to become the world leading gymnast of the late ’80s. In the
World Championships in Montreal in ’85, she won the gold in the beam event,
while 2 years later, at the European Championships in Moscow, she won the gold
in the all-around event, beam, floor and uneven bars, and the silver in the
vault event. That same year, at the World Championship in Rotterdam, she took
home the gold in the uneven bars and the floor event, and won the world title with
Romania’s team.

1988
saw the only Olympic Games participation in her career, in Seoul. She won 3
gold medals on that occasion, in the uneven bars, beam and floor, and 2 silver
medals, in the all-around and in the team competitions.

The
last major competition she took part in was the 1989 World Championship, held
in Stuttgart. Once again, she won the uneven bars, beam and floor events, and
added another silver medal in the team competition.

After
her retirement from competitions, Daniela Silivaș settled in the US, where she
is a gymnastics coach.

9 February 2022
Romania at the Olympic Games

The
history of Romanian gymnastics is dominated by the personality and achievements
of Nadia Comăneci. However, since that moment on, a lot of tremendously
talented athletes followed in Nadia’s footsteps, some of them with remarkable
results. This is the case with Daniela Silivaș, an Olympic champion in 3 events
in Seoul, 1988.

She
was born in 1970, in Deva, and was one of the first gymnasts trained at the
Deva Olympic Centre opened in 1978. Her first coach was professor Ioan Cărpinișan.
In 1980, Daniela Silivaș was already the winner of the national school
championships. In 1982 she won the gold in the all-around, beam, floor and
vault events of the national junior championship.

There
followed a triumphant international debut, with Daniela Silivas winning the
all-around and floor events of the Junior World Gymnastics Championships in
Japan. In ’84, at the Junior European Championship in Rimini, Italy, she
walked home with the gold medal in the beam event and the silver in the uneven
bars and floor.

Daniela
Silivas moved on to become the world leading gymnast of the late ’80s. In the
World Championships in Montreal in ’85, she won the gold in the beam event,
while 2 years later, at the European Championships in Moscow, she won the gold
in the all-around event, beam, floor and uneven bars, and the silver in the
vault event. That same year, at the World Championship in Rotterdam, she took
home the gold in the uneven bars and the floor event, and won the world title with
Romania’s team.

1988
saw the only Olympic Games participation in her career, in Seoul. She won 3
gold medals on that occasion, in the uneven bars, beam and floor, and 2 silver
medals, in the all-around and in the team competitions.

The
last major competition she took part in was the 1989 World Championship, held
in Stuttgart. Once again, she won the uneven bars, beam and floor events, and
added another silver medal in the team competition.

After
her retirement from competitions, Daniela Silivaș settled in the US, where she
is a gymnastics coach.

9 February 2022
Sports Roundup

We begin with the latest from rowing. As part of the European
rowing championships held in Poland’s Poznan, the Romanian double sculls crew
made of Cătălin Chirilă and Victor Mihalachi this past Sunday won the bronze
medals in the 1000m race. The German and Russian boats were the only ones to
have succeeded to overtake Chirila and Mihalachi. The two Romanian rowers have
also booked their tickets for the Tokyo Olympics.

In news from women’ s boxing, the Romanian Maria
Claudia Nechita this past Sunday secured her ticket for the Tokyo Olympics, in
the 57-kilogram category. Nechita reached as far as the semifinals of the
pre-Olympic tournament in Paris this past Sunday. In the quarter-finals, Maria Claudia nechita defeated
Turkey’s Aycan Guldagi,
5-nil. Only one Romanian boxer has
qualified for the Tokyo Olympics apart from Nechita. His name is Cosmin
Garleanu and he fights in the 52-kilgram category.

The World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics held in Cairo saw
Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache walking away with gold in the beam event. Larisa
had 13.366 points. Following the Romanian were Ukraine’s Dyana Varinska and
Zeyna Ibrahim of Egypt. On Saturday Larisa Iordache won silver in the uneven
parallel bars event.

In news from football, this past Sunday the national
team of England secured a 1-nil win in the friendly match they played against
Romania. England’s Marcus Rashford scored from the spot on 68 minutes. A second
penalty kick was granted to the host team in minute 78, but the Romanian goalie
deflected the ball shot by Jordan Henderson. England had upper hand for the
most part of the game and wasted a couple of other scoring opportunities. The
Romanian line-up put on a lack-luster performance on the pitch and we’ve sadly
got used to that as of late. Unfortunately, it was the fourth defeat in a row
for the Romanian national team. We recall that before this past Sunday’s
confrontation, England had never before defeated Romania on home turf.

7 June 2021
Sports Roundup

We begin with the latest from rowing. As part of the European
rowing championships held in Poland’s Poznan, the Romanian double sculls crew
made of Cătălin Chirilă and Victor Mihalachi this past Sunday won the bronze
medals in the 1000m race. The German and Russian boats were the only ones to
have succeeded to overtake Chirila and Mihalachi. The two Romanian rowers have
also booked their tickets for the Tokyo Olympics.

In news from women’ s boxing, the Romanian Maria
Claudia Nechita this past Sunday secured her ticket for the Tokyo Olympics, in
the 57-kilogram category. Nechita reached as far as the semifinals of the
pre-Olympic tournament in Paris this past Sunday. In the quarter-finals, Maria Claudia nechita defeated
Turkey’s Aycan Guldagi,
5-nil. Only one Romanian boxer has
qualified for the Tokyo Olympics apart from Nechita. His name is Cosmin
Garleanu and he fights in the 52-kilgram category.

The World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics held in Cairo saw
Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache walking away with gold in the beam event. Larisa
had 13.366 points. Following the Romanian were Ukraine’s Dyana Varinska and
Zeyna Ibrahim of Egypt. On Saturday Larisa Iordache won silver in the uneven
parallel bars event.

In news from football, this past Sunday the national
team of England secured a 1-nil win in the friendly match they played against
Romania. England’s Marcus Rashford scored from the spot on 68 minutes. A second
penalty kick was granted to the host team in minute 78, but the Romanian goalie
deflected the ball shot by Jordan Henderson. England had upper hand for the
most part of the game and wasted a couple of other scoring opportunities. The
Romanian line-up put on a lack-luster performance on the pitch and we’ve sadly
got used to that as of late. Unfortunately, it was the fourth defeat in a row
for the Romanian national team. We recall that before this past Sunday’s
confrontation, England had never before defeated Romania on home turf.

7 June 2021