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  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    Romania has already registered its first woman
    athlete that secured the qualification to the Olympic Games in 2024. Her name is
    Delvine Meringor, and this past Sunday in the Barcelona Marathon Meringor came
    in third, clocking 2 hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds. Delvine thus met the set
    target required for the qualification in Paris. For her noteworthy performance,
    Radio Romania International has designated Delvine Meringor the Athlete of the week.


    The competition in Barcelona was extremely
    heated, while its standard was really high. The Marathon records were broken in the men’s as well as in the women’s version of the competition. Bahrain’s Marius Kimutai
    clocked 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds, while the winner of the women’s
    marathon, Ethiopian runner Zeineba Yimer Worku clocked 2 hours, 19 minutes
    and 44 de seconds. The women’s runner-up marathon runner was Kenya’s Selly
    Chpeyego, who crossed the finish line 44 seconds earlier than
    Delvine Meringor. In the women’s version of the Barcelona Marathon, seven runners
    failed to meet the International Federation’s Olympic target set at 2 hours, 26
    minutes and 50 seconds. As of late, the Olympic set target has been very high,
    while the most recent such set target is only 6 seconds higher than the timing
    clocked by the Romanian race runner Constantina Dita, who in 2008 won gold in the Beijing
    Olympics.


    Delvine Meringor was born in Kenya, on August
    1st, 1992. Since August 2021 Meringor has been a Romanian citizen and
    is signed up by Steaua Bucharest, while her coach is Valentin Anghel. According
    to the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee and in keeping with a World Athletics
    resolution, Delvine can legally represent Romania at national level beginning July
    5th, 2024. (EN)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    Romania has already registered its first woman
    athlete that secured the qualification to the Olympic Games in 2024. Her name is
    Delvine Meringor, and this past Sunday in the Barcelona Marathon Meringor came
    in third, clocking 2 hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds. Delvine thus met the set
    target required for the qualification in Paris. For her noteworthy performance,
    Radio Romania International has designated Delvine Meringor the Athlete of the week.


    The competition in Barcelona was extremely
    heated, while its standard was really high. The Marathon records were broken in the men’s as well as in the women’s version of the competition. Bahrain’s Marius Kimutai
    clocked 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds, while the winner of the women’s
    marathon, Ethiopian runner Zeineba Yimer Worku clocked 2 hours, 19 minutes
    and 44 de seconds. The women’s runner-up marathon runner was Kenya’s Selly
    Chpeyego, who crossed the finish line 44 seconds earlier than
    Delvine Meringor. In the women’s version of the Barcelona Marathon, seven runners
    failed to meet the International Federation’s Olympic target set at 2 hours, 26
    minutes and 50 seconds. As of late, the Olympic set target has been very high,
    while the most recent such set target is only 6 seconds higher than the timing
    clocked by the Romanian race runner Constantina Dita, who in 2008 won gold in the Beijing
    Olympics.


    Delvine Meringor was born in Kenya, on August
    1st, 1992. Since August 2021 Meringor has been a Romanian citizen and
    is signed up by Steaua Bucharest, while her coach is Valentin Anghel. According
    to the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee and in keeping with a World Athletics
    resolution, Delvine can legally represent Romania at national level beginning July
    5th, 2024. (EN)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week



    The international athletics competition season is in full swing. Athletes have been going at all lengths to meet the targets set for their participation in the major international competitions of the summer season, so they have a very busy weekly schedule, competing even in three events a week. Fairly recently, Romanian athletes have distinguished themselves in various competitions; some of them even qualified for the upcoming events. For instance, Andrei Rares Toader won the shotput event as part of the international reunion in Prague. Andrei Toader succeeded his performance of the ongoing season, with a throw of 21 meters and 2 centimeters. Andrei Toader met the target set for the European Championships hosted by the city of Munich in August. The Romanian was only 8 centimeters away from meeting the target set for the World championships, to be held in the US locality of Eugene, Oregon, in July.



    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann is another Romanian athlete who booked her ticket for the European Championship in Germany. At the competition hosted by the locality of Inneringen-Hettingen, in the Land of Baden-Württemberg, Rotaru-Kottman won the long-distance jump event, with a jump of 6 meters and 69 centimeters. On Thursday, Alina won a similar event in a competition hosted by the town of Filothei, in Greece, with a jump of 6 meters and 63 centimeters.



    However, the performer of the week was middle-distance race runner Claudia Bobocea. On Tuesday in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, Bobocea came in 4th in the 1,500m race. Her timing, nonetheless, enabled Claudia to qualify for this coming Julys World Championships in the US, but also for the European Championships, to be held in Germany in August. In Manchester on Friday, in a contest which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour circuit, Claudia Bobocea won the 800m race. Then on Sunday, in Moroccan capital city of Rabat, in an international contest which is part of the Diamond League circuit, Bobocea came in 5th in the 1,500m race. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Claudia Bobocea the Athlete of the week.



    Claudia hails from Bucharest. She was born on June 11, 1992. Claudia Bobocea has been an athlete since 2007. In 2014, she came in 4th in the nations competition 4×1,500 event as part of the IAAF World Relays held in Nassau, Bahamas. In the Rio Olympics in 2016, Claudia Bobocea was 51st placed in the 800m race. In 2021, at the Tokyo Olympics, Claudia Bobocea came in 33rd in the 1,500m race.


    (EN)





  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week



    The international athletics competition season is in full swing. Athletes have been going at all lengths to meet the targets set for their participation in the major international competitions of the summer season, so they have a very busy weekly schedule, competing even in three events a week. Fairly recently, Romanian athletes have distinguished themselves in various competitions; some of them even qualified for the upcoming events. For instance, Andrei Rares Toader won the shotput event as part of the international reunion in Prague. Andrei Toader succeeded his performance of the ongoing season, with a throw of 21 meters and 2 centimeters. Andrei Toader met the target set for the European Championships hosted by the city of Munich in August. The Romanian was only 8 centimeters away from meeting the target set for the World championships, to be held in the US locality of Eugene, Oregon, in July.



    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann is another Romanian athlete who booked her ticket for the European Championship in Germany. At the competition hosted by the locality of Inneringen-Hettingen, in the Land of Baden-Württemberg, Rotaru-Kottman won the long-distance jump event, with a jump of 6 meters and 69 centimeters. On Thursday, Alina won a similar event in a competition hosted by the town of Filothei, in Greece, with a jump of 6 meters and 63 centimeters.



    However, the performer of the week was middle-distance race runner Claudia Bobocea. On Tuesday in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, Bobocea came in 4th in the 1,500m race. Her timing, nonetheless, enabled Claudia to qualify for this coming Julys World Championships in the US, but also for the European Championships, to be held in Germany in August. In Manchester on Friday, in a contest which is part of the World Athletics Continental Tour circuit, Claudia Bobocea won the 800m race. Then on Sunday, in Moroccan capital city of Rabat, in an international contest which is part of the Diamond League circuit, Bobocea came in 5th in the 1,500m race. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Claudia Bobocea the Athlete of the week.



    Claudia hails from Bucharest. She was born on June 11, 1992. Claudia Bobocea has been an athlete since 2007. In 2014, she came in 4th in the nations competition 4×1,500 event as part of the IAAF World Relays held in Nassau, Bahamas. In the Rio Olympics in 2016, Claudia Bobocea was 51st placed in the 800m race. In 2021, at the Tokyo Olympics, Claudia Bobocea came in 33rd in the 1,500m race.


    (EN)