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  • Olympic medals for Romanian athletes

    Olympic medals for Romanian athletes

    Every four years, the world’s best-performing athletes compete in the Olympic Games. This year, the event brought together 10,700 competitors from 206 countries and territories. With a delegation comprising over a hundred athletes, Romania is among the best represented countries, 100 years after the first Olympic medal scooped by Romanian athletes, won in rugby in the Paris Olympics of 1924. Over the years, Romanian athletes have won a total of 313 Olympic medals, of which 92 gold, 98 silver and 123 bronze. The members of the Romanian delegation have already grabbed remarkable results in Paris, ever since the first days of the competition. With the gold medal in the 200m freestyle race and bronze in the 100m race, David Popovici is one of the most successful swimmers in this year’s edition. At only 19 years of age, a two-time world champion and five-time European champion, the athlete enrolled at Dinamo Bucharest sports club completed his record with Olympic medals.

     

     

    Our rowers also grabbed their first medals: gold in the men’s double sculls and silver in the women’s doubles sculls, the women’s pair and women’s leightweight double sculls events, marking a remarkable leap forward in a discipline where, in recent times, most results have been achieved in pair events. The progress made in gymnastics should also be commended. Although it is one of the most successful sports for Romania, with 25 gold, 20 silver and 26 bronze medals, results in gymnastics have been somewhat subpar since the London Olympics of 2012, when Sandra Izbaşa won gold in the vault final, Cătălina Ponor scooped silver in the floor event, and the women’s team won the bronze medals. Now, the girls managed to make their way back to the best-competing teams in the world, finishing 7th the team event, while some of our gymnasts also qualified to individual finals. The biggest expectations are however pinned on upcoming rowing events, with the last finals scheduled for Saturday. Also in water sports, we expect medals from the multiple world canoe champion Cătălin Chirilă, who needs to prove he comes from a long tradition of good results for Romania, spanning nearly seven decades, which began with the two gold medals won by Leon Rotman in 1956 in the Melbourne Olympics and continued with the four titles won by Ivan Patzaichin over 1968-1984. The Romanian delegation also has expectations in athletics events, but the latest results in world and European competitions force us to tone down our optimism.

     

     

    Last but not least, in weightlifting, Romania will be represented by two athletes with good chances at winning a medal: Loredana Toma will compete in the 71-kg event, while Mihaela Cambei in the 49-kg event. Loredana is ranked 4th in the world rankings in her category, while Mihaela is 5th in her category. Their current form will be a deciding factor in the current competition, in addition to the determination both competitors have displayed when it mattered the most. (VP)

  • Olympic Update

    Olympic Update

    The Winter Olympic Games are in full swing in South Korea’s city of PyeongChang. A delegation from Romania is also taking part in the competition, but their results so far have been below par.



    The crew made of Mihai Cristian Tentea and Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi came in 18th in the two-men bobsleigh event. The gold medals went to competitors from Canada and Germany. The Romanians came in 14th after the first round, then they were ranked 17th following the second round, dropped to 25th position after the 3rd round and eventually settled on 12th position in the last round.



    On aggregate, the Romanian crew clocked 3 minutes, 18 seconds an 98 hundredths. Canada’s Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz, jointly with the all-German crew made of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis, grabbed gold, since either crew clocked 3 minutes, 16 seconds and 86 hundredths.



    In the Winter Olympics’ most popular event, the downhill event, the Romanian skier Monica Germaine Caill was ranked 28th, the Olympic downhill champion being Italy’s Sofia Goggia. Goggia clocked 1 minute, 39 seconds and 22 hundredths, that is nine hundredths of a second earlier than Norwegian challenger Ragnhild Mowinckel, who grabbed silver. Bronze medallist was Lindsey Vonn of the USA, who arrived 47 hundredths of a second later than her contenders.



    After 12 days of competition, Norway has the lead in the nations’ rankings, with a tally of 11 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals. Germany comes next with 11 gold medals, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals.



    Last week saw the best performance of the Romanian delegation in PyeongChang achieved by Raluca Strămăturaru, who came in 7th in the women’s singles of the luge event. We recall that Raluca Strămăturaru’s result is the best performance ever to have been succeeded by a Romanian athlete in the winter Olympics since 1994.

  • Olympic Update

    Olympic Update

    The Winter Olympic Games are in full swing in South Korea’s city of PyeongChang. A delegation from Romania is also taking part in the competition, but their results so far have been below par.



    The crew made of Mihai Cristian Tentea and Nicolae Ciprian Daroczi came in 18th in the two-men bobsleigh event. The gold medals went to competitors from Canada and Germany. The Romanians came in 14th after the first round, then they were ranked 17th following the second round, dropped to 25th position after the 3rd round and eventually settled on 12th position in the last round.



    On aggregate, the Romanian crew clocked 3 minutes, 18 seconds an 98 hundredths. Canada’s Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz, jointly with the all-German crew made of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis, grabbed gold, since either crew clocked 3 minutes, 16 seconds and 86 hundredths.



    In the Winter Olympics’ most popular event, the downhill event, the Romanian skier Monica Germaine Caill was ranked 28th, the Olympic downhill champion being Italy’s Sofia Goggia. Goggia clocked 1 minute, 39 seconds and 22 hundredths, that is nine hundredths of a second earlier than Norwegian challenger Ragnhild Mowinckel, who grabbed silver. Bronze medallist was Lindsey Vonn of the USA, who arrived 47 hundredths of a second later than her contenders.



    After 12 days of competition, Norway has the lead in the nations’ rankings, with a tally of 11 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals. Germany comes next with 11 gold medals, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals.



    Last week saw the best performance of the Romanian delegation in PyeongChang achieved by Raluca Strămăturaru, who came in 7th in the women’s singles of the luge event. We recall that Raluca Strămăturaru’s result is the best performance ever to have been succeeded by a Romanian athlete in the winter Olympics since 1994.