Tag: eight

  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend


    All
    three Romanian football teams playing in the European Conference League on
    Thursday were eliminated from the competition. FCSB traveled to Yerevan for the
    return leg against Shakhtar Karaganda of Kazakhstan. FCSB grabbed 1-nil win in
    the first leg. Regular time saw Shakhtar Karaganda having a 2-1 lead. Extra time
    was still inconclusive, and in the wake of the penalty shootouts Shakhtar
    defeated FCSB, 5-3. For the first time ever in a European competition, Sepsi
    Sfântu Gheorghe took on Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava at home. The blank draw in
    the first leg, the regular time 1-all result, which remained unchanged
    throughout extra time, called for the penalty shootouts, when Spartak grabbed a
    4-3 win. Universitatea Craiova faced Albanian opponents Laci on home turf. Universitatea
    sustained a nil-1 defeat in the first leg, so the blank draw result in the
    return leg saw the Albanians making headway into the competition. CFR Cluj are
    the only Romanian team left in the competition. In the Champions League’s third
    preliminary round, CFR take on Swiss opponents Young Boys Berna.


    The coming
    weekend will see matches being played, counting towards domestic League One’s
    third round. On Friday, Gaz Metan Mediaș are pitted against FC Arges, while Rapid
    Bucharest face Farul Constanța. On Saturday, FC Voluntari play a home game
    against FC U Craiova, while CFR play Chindia Târgoviște, also at home. On
    Sunday, Universitatea Craiova take on FC Botosani at home, while in the western
    Romanian town of Arad, the local side UTA face FCSB. The last two fixtures of round three, to be played on Monday, will see Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe taking on CS
    Mioveni and Dinamo Bucharest facing Academica Clinceni.


    At the
    ongoing Olympic games in Tokyo, the rowing competition drew to a close on
    Friday. Romania’s women’ s coxed eight crew had no problem winning a medal,
    apparently, yet they came in 6th. Romanian rowers’ medal tally so
    far includes a gold medal won by the women’s pair crew and the two silver
    medals won by the men’s quadruple sculls and coxless pair crews. However,
    according to the Olympic rowing rankings, with the three medals won, Romania is
    4th-placed.

    (Translation by Eugen Nasta)


  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend


    All
    three Romanian football teams playing in the European Conference League on
    Thursday were eliminated from the competition. FCSB traveled to Yerevan for the
    return leg against Shakhtar Karaganda of Kazakhstan. FCSB grabbed 1-nil win in
    the first leg. Regular time saw Shakhtar Karaganda having a 2-1 lead. Extra time
    was still inconclusive, and in the wake of the penalty shootouts Shakhtar
    defeated FCSB, 5-3. For the first time ever in a European competition, Sepsi
    Sfântu Gheorghe took on Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava at home. The blank draw in
    the first leg, the regular time 1-all result, which remained unchanged
    throughout extra time, called for the penalty shootouts, when Spartak grabbed a
    4-3 win. Universitatea Craiova faced Albanian opponents Laci on home turf. Universitatea
    sustained a nil-1 defeat in the first leg, so the blank draw result in the
    return leg saw the Albanians making headway into the competition. CFR Cluj are
    the only Romanian team left in the competition. In the Champions League’s third
    preliminary round, CFR take on Swiss opponents Young Boys Berna.


    The coming
    weekend will see matches being played, counting towards domestic League One’s
    third round. On Friday, Gaz Metan Mediaș are pitted against FC Arges, while Rapid
    Bucharest face Farul Constanța. On Saturday, FC Voluntari play a home game
    against FC U Craiova, while CFR play Chindia Târgoviște, also at home. On
    Sunday, Universitatea Craiova take on FC Botosani at home, while in the western
    Romanian town of Arad, the local side UTA face FCSB. The last two fixtures of round three, to be played on Monday, will see Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe taking on CS
    Mioveni and Dinamo Bucharest facing Academica Clinceni.


    At the
    ongoing Olympic games in Tokyo, the rowing competition drew to a close on
    Friday. Romania’s women’ s coxed eight crew had no problem winning a medal,
    apparently, yet they came in 6th. Romanian rowers’ medal tally so
    far includes a gold medal won by the women’s pair crew and the two silver
    medals won by the men’s quadruple sculls and coxless pair crews. However,
    according to the Olympic rowing rankings, with the three medals won, Romania is
    4th-placed.

    (Translation by Eugen Nasta)


  • Medals at the European Rowing Championship

    Medals at the European Rowing Championship

    46
    athletes represented Romania at the European Rowing Championship held in the
    Italian city of Varese. The Romanians competed in 13 disciplines and eventually
    walked away with six medals, two gold and four silver. The Romanian women’s
    pair boat and double scull and the Romanian women’s eight stepped onto the
    podium’s first step. The Romanian women’s pair and the light women’s double
    scull, the Romanian men’s four and eight became silver medalists.




    Romania
    has ended the competition on the fourth position in the medal ranking after
    Britain, Italy and the Netherlands. The competition in Varese was somehow
    atypical as many of the teams attending were in full training campaign for the
    upcoming Olympics in Tokyo, so their objective wasn’t actually winning a medal
    but obtaining the best contest formula. For other teams, the competition in
    Varese was the final rehearsal before the Lucerne regatta in mid-May, which
    will decide the last boats qualified for the Olympics. Many Romanian teams are
    in this situation, trying to obtain a better ranking in Lucerne. Fans have
    pinned their hopes on the Romanian women’s eight, which put up a good show in
    Varese and stands good chances in Lucerne as well.




    We’ll
    wait and see which are the new changes operated by the Romanians’ opponents in
    Lucerne and how these changes are going to influence the results of the
    upcoming competition. The Romanian federation can also operate some changes but
    it is more expected to try to increase the performances of our athletes.
    Qualification for the Olympics is a must for the Romanian rowing tradition as
    our athletes have been participated in these competitions since 1952 and they
    missed only the 1956 edition in Melbourne.

    After gymnastics, rowing boasts the
    best Romanian participation in the Olympic Games with 19 gold medals, 10 silver
    and 9 bronze. And the Romanian women’s eight has been on the Olympic podium
    since 1996 with the exception of London edition in 2012. With three Olympic
    golds, three silver and three bronze, the Romanian women’s eight boasts the
    best performances of a rowing team in Romania.


    (bill)