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  • Olympic Profiles 2024

    Olympic Profiles 2024

    At the Olympics in Paris Romania’s rowers claimed the first gold medals after a break of 32 years. The last rowers to step onto the first step of the Olympic podium were part of the Romanian four who ran in Barcelona in 1992. The gold medal tradition was carried on in Paris by Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache, the new Olympic champions of the double scull race.

    The two rowers managed to put on a thrilling performance in the qualifiers. They qualified in the third position, the last to ensure participation in the A finals and that proved to be a lesson for them, a lesson that they learned pretty well. The Romanians got the upper hand in the final race, which they dominated almost entirely ending it in 6 minutes, 12 seconds and 58 hundredths, almost a second and a half before the runner-up Dutch team.

    Andrei Cornea: “We didn’t look back until the last hundreds of meters as we trusted the boat from the very beginning. I was knackered in the last part of the race, but I looked right and I realized the others were more tired than I was and that somehow gave me strength. I knew I could endure for another 10 strokes and they would not be able to overtake us.” 

    That was Romania’s first gold in the men’s double scull race.

    Marian Florian Enache:  “We knew that nothing was impossible because we worked very hard and we eventually made it to the finals. And if you make it to such a great sporting event you cannot think that the others are stronger or that you cannot succeed. We knew that any failure was impossible, out of the question and all. And if you really want to and you work day in and day out with great goals in mind, you’ll always succeed.”

    Andrei Sebastian Cornea was born in Vatra Dornei, northern Romania on 10 November 1999. He represented Romania in a major competition at the European Championships in Poznan in 2020, when he ran with Romania’s four.

    At the European championships in Szeged this year he joined Marian Enache in Romania’s double scull and the two walked away with gold.

    Marian Florian Enache was born in Târgu Cărbuneşti, south-western Romania on 5 August 1995. Together with Ioan Prundeanu ranked ninth at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.

  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The week that passed brought Romania three fresh titles in the Paris Olympics. The first was won by swimmer David Popovici in the 200 meter freestyle race who completed his prize closet with a bronze medal that he won on Wednesday in the 100 meter race.

    Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache walked away with gold from the men’s double scull race on Thursday, while Simona Radis and Ancuta Bodnar became silver medalists in the women’s similar race.

    Ioana Vrînceanu and Roxana Anghel became silver medalists in the women’s coxless pair on Friday and so did Gianina van Groningen and Ionela Cozmiuc in the lightweight women’s double scull race. The third Olympic title was reaped by the Romanian women’s eight on Saturday.

    Hammer thrower, Bianca Ghelber, qualified for the competition’s finals on Sunday. She competed in the qualifiers’ Group A, which she ended in the fifth position with a throw measuring 71 meters and 42 centimeters, the eleventh result of the contest. The best performance belonged to Krista Tervo of Finland, 74 meters and 79 centimeters. The Olympics in Paris have been the fourth edition for the 34 years-old Ghelber, who came sixth in the finals in Tokyo. She ranked 17th in London in 2012 and failed to qualify for the finals in Beijing in 2008.

    The competition’s final event is on Tuesday. We recall that athletes from Romania haven’t obtained an Olympic medal since 2008 when Constantina Diţă got gold in the marathon race.

    The latest from football now.

    Last weekend saw the matches of the fourth leg of Romania’s Football Superleague.

    On Friday, Otelul Galati clinched a 1-0 home win against Hermannstadt, while Dinamo Bucharest, on their own turf, outperformed Gloria Buzau 4-1

    On Saturday, Farul Constanta secured a 2-0 home win against Poli Iasi.

    Universitatea Craiova ended in a goaless draw their home match against Petrolul Ploieşti, then in a derby of the city of Cluj, Universitatea secured a 3-2 win against CFR. The leg’s last matches are due on Monday when Unirea Slobozia plays UTA Arad and Rapid Bucureşti takes on Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. FC Botoşani versus FCSB has been postponed.

    Oţelul presently tops the table with 10 points, followed by Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj, each with 8 points. On Tuesday, FCSB will be playing in the third preliminary round of the Champions League. The Romanians will be up against Czech side Sparta Praga.

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