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Athlete of the week

Romania’s most important
tennis tournament has recently drawn to a close in Cluj-Napoca. It is known as WTA
250 Transylvania Open, a women’s tournament with 260 thousand USD in prize
money. Taking part in the tournament have been several top-flight tennis players,
both in women’s singles and in women’s doubles. All eight seeded players in the
women’s singles are ranked among the world’s top 100 tennis players. Among them, Romania’s Sorana
Cîrstea, Alycia Parks of the USA, Belgium’s Greet Minnen or
Spaniard Rebeka Masarova. Apart from Sorana Cirstea, six other Romanian tennis
players have been included in the main draw. Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie came straight
from the qualifiers. Jaqueline Cristian, Patricia Ţig and Ana Bogdan gained their
admission thanks to their WTA rankings, while Miriam Bulgaru and Elena-Gabriela
Ruse got wild cards. Elena-Gabriela Ruse was the best since she reached as far
as the tournament’s final.

Reason enough for
Radio Romania International to designate Ruse the Athlete of the week.

In Cluj-Napoca, Elena-Gabriela Ruse defeated second-seeded
Alycia Parks, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, in the first round. In the second round, Ruse
defeated Hungarian opponent Anna Bondar, 7-6, 6-2. In
the quarterfinals, Elena Ruse defeated Colombian challenger Emiliana Arango, 6-1, nil-6,
6-1. In the semi-finals, Elena Gabriela Ruse defeated fourth-seeded tennis
player Rebeka Masarova, 6-1, 6-4. However, in the final, Elena Gabriela Ruse
was defeated by Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch, 6-3, 6-4.

Elena-Gabriela Ruse was born on November 6, 1997, in Bucharest. She took
up tennis when she was four and a half years old, with Dinamo Bucharest sports
club. Her career-best so far includes only one WTA women’s singles tournament
she won in Hamburg, in 2021. Also in 202,1 Ruse was a finalist in the Palermo
tournament. In Cluj-Napoca Elena-Gabriela Ruse made it to the finals for the
third time around in her women’s single career. Ruse therefore climbed 61
notches up and now ranks 127th according to the world standings. Elena-Gabriela Ruse was best-placed in May 2022, when she ranked 51st. Elena-Gabriela
Ruse’s performance in the women’s doubles is far more consistent, especially
since she has been pairing up with Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk. Elena Gabriela Ruse
is 37th-placed according to the world’s women’s doubles rankings. In 2023, in
the year’s first Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne, Ruse and Kostyuk reached
as far as the semi-finals.

24 October 2023
Radio Romania International Sports Club

The Transylvania Open women’s tennis tournament, held over October 10
and 16 in Cluj-Napoca, has been picked as the Best Tournament of the Year in
2022, in the WTA 250 category, according to an announcement made by the Women’s
Tennis Association. The organization of the professional women’s tennis players stated the Transylvania Open scooped the award thanks to the tennis players
who selected the circuit’s favorite competition. The vote in favor was cast
because the experience they had in Cluj Napoca was rated the world’s best such experience.
The tournaments were broken down into three categories, according to the level of
the prize money up for grabs. In the WTA 1,000 category, the Indian Wells competition was the winner,
while in the WTA 500 category, top-of-the-table was the Charleston tournament.

Playing host to the Transylvania Open was Romania’s
biggest multi-purpose sports hall, with a seating capacity of 10,000 seats, the Btarena. The
tournament’s maiden edition was held in 2021. Back then Estonia’s Anne
Kontaveit outclassed the fans’ favorite, the Romanian Simona Halep. In the women’s
doubles, the Romanian-Georgian pair made of Irina Bara and Ekaterine Gorgodze
emerged as winners. In 2022, in the women’s singles, the winner was Russia’s Ana
Blinkova, while the winner in the women’s doubles were Kirsten Flipkens and Laura
Siegemund, of Belgium and Germany, respectively. Laura Siegemund spoke highly about
the tournament Romanian saying, among other things, that the Transylvania Open
was a great event, with a nice staff and with very original ideas implemented
in a bid to make sure the tennis players were having great crack as the
tournament rolled on, but also around town.

The other winners of the WTA awards included top-of-the-table
tennis player, Poland’s Iga Świątek, who was designated the Tennis player of
the Year. In the women’s doubles, top-of-the-table was the all-Czech pair made
of Barbara Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. The Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia
was rated as the tennis player with the most significant progress, while China’s
Qinwen Zheng was the Revelation of the Year. (EN)

21 December 2022
Radio Romania International Sports Club

The Transylvania Open women’s tennis tournament, held over October 10
and 16 in Cluj-Napoca, has been picked as the Best Tournament of the Year in
2022, in the WTA 250 category, according to an announcement made by the Women’s
Tennis Association. The organization of the professional women’s tennis players stated the Transylvania Open scooped the award thanks to the tennis players
who selected the circuit’s favorite competition. The vote in favor was cast
because the experience they had in Cluj Napoca was rated the world’s best such experience.
The tournaments were broken down into three categories, according to the level of
the prize money up for grabs. In the WTA 1,000 category, the Indian Wells competition was the winner,
while in the WTA 500 category, top-of-the-table was the Charleston tournament.

Playing host to the Transylvania Open was Romania’s
biggest multi-purpose sports hall, with a seating capacity of 10,000 seats, the Btarena. The
tournament’s maiden edition was held in 2021. Back then Estonia’s Anne
Kontaveit outclassed the fans’ favorite, the Romanian Simona Halep. In the women’s
doubles, the Romanian-Georgian pair made of Irina Bara and Ekaterine Gorgodze
emerged as winners. In 2022, in the women’s singles, the winner was Russia’s Ana
Blinkova, while the winner in the women’s doubles were Kirsten Flipkens and Laura
Siegemund, of Belgium and Germany, respectively. Laura Siegemund spoke highly about
the tournament Romanian saying, among other things, that the Transylvania Open
was a great event, with a nice staff and with very original ideas implemented
in a bid to make sure the tennis players were having great crack as the
tournament rolled on, but also around town.

The other winners of the WTA awards included top-of-the-table
tennis player, Poland’s Iga Świątek, who was designated the Tennis player of
the Year. In the women’s doubles, top-of-the-table was the all-Czech pair made
of Barbara Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. The Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia
was rated as the tennis player with the most significant progress, while China’s
Qinwen Zheng was the Revelation of the Year. (EN)

21 December 2022
Athlete of the week

The womens clay court tennis tournament in Palermo seems to have always drawn women tennis players from Romania to take part in it. We should not forget the Romanian women tennis players have many supporters in Sicily, especially among the fellow Romanians who settled there. Also, the Romanians feel quite at home playing on a clay court. We recall that 30 years ago, in 1994 and 1995, another Romanian, Irina Sparlea won the trophy. In 2021, Elena‑Gabriela Ruse was a whisker away from winning, yet she was defeated by US challenger Danielle Collins. In 2022, Irina Begu emerged as the winner of the Palermo tournament as in the final the Romanian overpowered her opponent, Italys Lucia Bronzetti. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Irina the Athlete of the week.

Irina Begu was 6th-seeded in Palermo. Her successful run includes a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win against Spains Marina Bassols Ribera, another three-set win against French opponent Océane Dodin, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the second round, and a more laid-back, two-set win against Diane Parry, also from France 6-1, 6-3. Irinas trail in Palermo also includes a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against the 4th-seeded player, Spains Sara Sorribes Tormo in the semi-finals; it was Irina Begus most difficult confrontation in the tournament, yet the Romanian braced up and won, after more than three hours of play. Irina Begu had no problem securing a two-set win against Italian challenger Lucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. For her exceptional feat in Sicily, Begu received 26, 770 Euro and 280 WTA points

Irina Camelia Begu was born in Bucharest. She turns 32 in August this year. Her recent win in Palermo only adds to other noteworthy feats on her record. Irina also has four womens singles WTA tournaments she won in Tashkent, in 2012, in Seoul, in 2015, in Florianopolis, the USA, in 2016 and in Bucharest, in 2017. In the womens doubles, Irina Begu won nine tournaments, in Hobart in 2012, jointly with Monica Niculescu, in s-Hertogenbosch, in 2013, pairing up with Anabel Medina Garrigues and in Rio, in 2014, jointly with Maria Irigoyen. Also in 2014, in Seoul, Irina emerged as winner together with Lara Arruabarrena, then in 2017, jointly with Raluca Olaru, she won the tournament in Bucharest. Also in 2017, Irina Begu and sara Errani won the tournament in Tianjin. In 2018, Irina Camelia Begu won two other WTA tournaments, in Shenzhen, pairing up with Simona Halep, and again in Bucharest, this time alongside Andreea Mitu, also in 2018. Pairing up with Monica Niculescu, Irina Begu won the Thailand Open, in 2019.(EN)

26 July 2022
Athlete of the week

The womens clay court tennis tournament in Palermo seems to have always drawn women tennis players from Romania to take part in it. We should not forget the Romanian women tennis players have many supporters in Sicily, especially among the fellow Romanians who settled there. Also, the Romanians feel quite at home playing on a clay court. We recall that 30 years ago, in 1994 and 1995, another Romanian, Irina Sparlea won the trophy. In 2021, Elena‑Gabriela Ruse was a whisker away from winning, yet she was defeated by US challenger Danielle Collins. In 2022, Irina Begu emerged as the winner of the Palermo tournament as in the final the Romanian overpowered her opponent, Italys Lucia Bronzetti. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Irina the Athlete of the week.

Irina Begu was 6th-seeded in Palermo. Her successful run includes a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win against Spains Marina Bassols Ribera, another three-set win against French opponent Océane Dodin, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the second round, and a more laid-back, two-set win against Diane Parry, also from France 6-1, 6-3. Irinas trail in Palermo also includes a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against the 4th-seeded player, Spains Sara Sorribes Tormo in the semi-finals; it was Irina Begus most difficult confrontation in the tournament, yet the Romanian braced up and won, after more than three hours of play. Irina Begu had no problem securing a two-set win against Italian challenger Lucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. For her exceptional feat in Sicily, Begu received 26, 770 Euro and 280 WTA points

Irina Camelia Begu was born in Bucharest. She turns 32 in August this year. Her recent win in Palermo only adds to other noteworthy feats on her record. Irina also has four womens singles WTA tournaments she won in Tashkent, in 2012, in Seoul, in 2015, in Florianopolis, the USA, in 2016 and in Bucharest, in 2017. In the womens doubles, Irina Begu won nine tournaments, in Hobart in 2012, jointly with Monica Niculescu, in s-Hertogenbosch, in 2013, pairing up with Anabel Medina Garrigues and in Rio, in 2014, jointly with Maria Irigoyen. Also in 2014, in Seoul, Irina emerged as winner together with Lara Arruabarrena, then in 2017, jointly with Raluca Olaru, she won the tournament in Bucharest. Also in 2017, Irina Begu and sara Errani won the tournament in Tianjin. In 2018, Irina Camelia Begu won two other WTA tournaments, in Shenzhen, pairing up with Simona Halep, and again in Bucharest, this time alongside Andreea Mitu, also in 2018. Pairing up with Monica Niculescu, Irina Begu won the Thailand Open, in 2019.(EN)

26 July 2022
RRI Sports Club

At
the Wimbledon tennis tournament, 6 Romanian players have moved past the first
tour in the singles competition. Each of them has secured at least GBP 78,000,
but no points in the world ranking, given that the WTA and ATP will not assign
points for this year’s tournament in Britain. The 2 international professional
associations made this decision after the British organisers banned Russian and
Belarusian athletes from taking part.

The first Romanians to qualify into the second round
were Sorana Cîrstea and Irina Begu. On Monday, Cîrstea, no. 32 in the world, won
7-6, 7-6 against Alexandra Krunic, of Serbia, WTA 107. Begu, ranking 43rd
WTA, had an easier job playing the Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze, no. 114 in the
world, whom she defeated 6-4, 6-1.

On Tuesday, Mihaela Buzărnescu, ranked 127 among the
world’s professional players, defeated Nastasja Schunk of Germany, 6-4, 6-2.
Ana Bogdan, no. 111, was the first Romanian athlete to defeat a better-ranked
player, i.e. Ukrainian Dayana Yastemska, no. 74. At her second participation in
the All England Club competition, after the 2017 season, Bogdan won 6-2, 6-2.

Next came Simona Halep, the 2019 Wimbledon champion
and the best-placed Romanian player in the WTA ranking (18th). She
beat the Czech Carolina Muchova in 2 sets, 6-3, 6-2. And last but not least, Irina
Bara, no. 122 WTA, outplayed Chloé Paquet of France, 6-2, 6-4.

The only
Romanian left behind is Elena Gabriela Ruse, no. 54 WTA. She had to take on the
young American Cori Gauff, seed no 11 and no 12 in the world standings. After a
dramatic match, Gauff won 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, and Ruse won GBP 50,000. (AMP)

29 June 2022
RRI Sports Club

At
the Wimbledon tennis tournament, 6 Romanian players have moved past the first
tour in the singles competition. Each of them has secured at least GBP 78,000,
but no points in the world ranking, given that the WTA and ATP will not assign
points for this year’s tournament in Britain. The 2 international professional
associations made this decision after the British organisers banned Russian and
Belarusian athletes from taking part.

The first Romanians to qualify into the second round
were Sorana Cîrstea and Irina Begu. On Monday, Cîrstea, no. 32 in the world, won
7-6, 7-6 against Alexandra Krunic, of Serbia, WTA 107. Begu, ranking 43rd
WTA, had an easier job playing the Georgian Ekaterine Gorgodze, no. 114 in the
world, whom she defeated 6-4, 6-1.

On Tuesday, Mihaela Buzărnescu, ranked 127 among the
world’s professional players, defeated Nastasja Schunk of Germany, 6-4, 6-2.
Ana Bogdan, no. 111, was the first Romanian athlete to defeat a better-ranked
player, i.e. Ukrainian Dayana Yastemska, no. 74. At her second participation in
the All England Club competition, after the 2017 season, Bogdan won 6-2, 6-2.

Next came Simona Halep, the 2019 Wimbledon champion
and the best-placed Romanian player in the WTA ranking (18th). She
beat the Czech Carolina Muchova in 2 sets, 6-3, 6-2. And last but not least, Irina
Bara, no. 122 WTA, outplayed Chloé Paquet of France, 6-2, 6-4.

The only
Romanian left behind is Elena Gabriela Ruse, no. 54 WTA. She had to take on the
young American Cori Gauff, seed no 11 and no 12 in the world standings. After a
dramatic match, Gauff won 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, and Ruse won GBP 50,000. (AMP)

29 June 2022
Sports Weekend

Romania has only one athlete left in the Roland Garros singles
tournament. On Thursday, in the second round of the competition, Irina Begu, no
63 WTA, had a hard time defeating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, no 31 in the
world and seed number 30, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. In the 3rd round, the
Romanian player will be facing Leolia Jeanjean of France, no. 227 WTA. The
French player produced a major surprise on Thursday, defeating Karolina
Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2.

Also on Thursday, Simona Halep, seed no 19, left the competition. She was
outplayed in the second round by the 19-year old Chinese player Qinwen Zheng, number
74 in the world, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. On Wednesday, also in the 2nd round,
Sorana Cîrstea had been defeated by Sloane Stephens, of the US, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.

In volleyball, on Saturday in Budapest the Romanian national women’s
team is playing against Hungary in Group C of the Golden League. The Romanians
outplayed Ukraine, 3-2 on Tuesday in Alexandria, but the Ukrainian players made
a comeback on Wednesday, when they won 3-1 in Alexandria.

Sunday will bring the final standings of the top 2 leagues in Romanian
football, with the second leg of the playoff round to decide who stays and who
qualifies into League 1. The first match will be played in Ploieşti, pitting
League 1 team Chindia Târgovişte against Concordia Chiajna, from the second
division. Last week, Concordia won at home 2-1, thanks to the goals scored by
Daniel Florea and Andrei Piţian. Adrian Voicu scored for the opposing team.

In the
second playoff match, taking place in Bucharest, top-leaguer Dinamo are facing
Universitatea Cluj, from the second league. In the first leg in Cluj, Universitatea
won 2-0, with goals scored by the Belgian Martin Remacle and the Moldovan
player Alexandru Boiciuc. (AMP)

27 May 2022
Sports Weekend

Romania has only one athlete left in the Roland Garros singles
tournament. On Thursday, in the second round of the competition, Irina Begu, no
63 WTA, had a hard time defeating Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova, no 31 in the
world and seed number 30, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. In the 3rd round, the
Romanian player will be facing Leolia Jeanjean of France, no. 227 WTA. The
French player produced a major surprise on Thursday, defeating Karolina
Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2.

Also on Thursday, Simona Halep, seed no 19, left the competition. She was
outplayed in the second round by the 19-year old Chinese player Qinwen Zheng, number
74 in the world, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. On Wednesday, also in the 2nd round,
Sorana Cîrstea had been defeated by Sloane Stephens, of the US, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0.

In volleyball, on Saturday in Budapest the Romanian national women’s
team is playing against Hungary in Group C of the Golden League. The Romanians
outplayed Ukraine, 3-2 on Tuesday in Alexandria, but the Ukrainian players made
a comeback on Wednesday, when they won 3-1 in Alexandria.

Sunday will bring the final standings of the top 2 leagues in Romanian
football, with the second leg of the playoff round to decide who stays and who
qualifies into League 1. The first match will be played in Ploieşti, pitting
League 1 team Chindia Târgovişte against Concordia Chiajna, from the second
division. Last week, Concordia won at home 2-1, thanks to the goals scored by
Daniel Florea and Andrei Piţian. Adrian Voicu scored for the opposing team.

In the
second playoff match, taking place in Bucharest, top-leaguer Dinamo are facing
Universitatea Cluj, from the second league. In the first leg in Cluj, Universitatea
won 2-0, with goals scored by the Belgian Martin Remacle and the Moldovan
player Alexandru Boiciuc. (AMP)

27 May 2022
Radio Romania International Sports Club

The Transylvanian Open women’s
tennis tournament, venued by the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, has drawn to a close.
Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit is the winner of the tournament as in the final,
Kontaveit defeated top-seeded Simona Halep, 6-2, 6-3. The tournament had 235, 238
USD in prize money.

25-year-old Kontaveit is
WTA 14th-placed and it took her only one hour and ten minutes of
play to beat Halep. The win in Cluj-Napoca booked Kontaveit the ticket for the Champions Tournament. Anett Kontaveit received a cheque worth 29,000 USD .200 de dolari and
280 WTA points, while Halep received a cheque worth 16, 398 USD and 180 WTA
points. For 30-year-old Simona Halep, it was the 40-th WTA tournament final of
her career. So far, Halep has won 22 and lost 18 final confrontations.

Notwithstanding, Romania
had a winner in the Transylvania Open. Pairing up with Georgia’s Ekaterina
Gorgodze in the women’s doubles final, Irina Bara grabbed a 4-6, 6-1, 11-9 win
against Serbian-Dutch pair made of Aleksandra Krunic and Lesley Pattinama
Kerkhove. It is the first title for Bara and Gorgodze, who received a cheque
worth 10, 300 USD and 280 WTA points according to the doubles’ rankings. Krunic and Kerkhove received a cheque worth 6, 000
USD and 180 WTA points.

According to the WTA women’s
singles rankings, four Romanian competitors can be found among the world’s top
100 tennis players. Simona Halep is 22nd-placed while Sorana Cîrstea
is 38th-ranked. Irina Begu and Gabriela Ruse are 60th and
86th-placed, respectively. Jaqueline Cristian is 104th-ranked
and Ana Bogdan is 108th-placed, so they are a whisker away from earning
a place among the world’s top 100 players.

Australian Ashleigh
Barty is at the top pf the WTA rankings, with 7, 701 points.

Four Romanian tennis
players have already been included in the world’s top 100 players according to
the WTA doubles rankings. They are Raluca Olaru, who is 36th-placed,
Monica Niculescu, who is 39th-placed, Irina-Camelia Begu, who is 61st and Andreea Mitu, who is 100th-placed according to the WTA rankings.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

3 November 2021
Radio Romania International Sports Club

The Transylvanian Open women’s
tennis tournament, venued by the BT Arena in Cluj-Napoca, has drawn to a close.
Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit is the winner of the tournament as in the final,
Kontaveit defeated top-seeded Simona Halep, 6-2, 6-3. The tournament had 235, 238
USD in prize money.

25-year-old Kontaveit is
WTA 14th-placed and it took her only one hour and ten minutes of
play to beat Halep. The win in Cluj-Napoca booked Kontaveit the ticket for the Champions Tournament. Anett Kontaveit received a cheque worth 29,000 USD .200 de dolari and
280 WTA points, while Halep received a cheque worth 16, 398 USD and 180 WTA
points. For 30-year-old Simona Halep, it was the 40-th WTA tournament final of
her career. So far, Halep has won 22 and lost 18 final confrontations.

Notwithstanding, Romania
had a winner in the Transylvania Open. Pairing up with Georgia’s Ekaterina
Gorgodze in the women’s doubles final, Irina Bara grabbed a 4-6, 6-1, 11-9 win
against Serbian-Dutch pair made of Aleksandra Krunic and Lesley Pattinama
Kerkhove. It is the first title for Bara and Gorgodze, who received a cheque
worth 10, 300 USD and 280 WTA points according to the doubles’ rankings. Krunic and Kerkhove received a cheque worth 6, 000
USD and 180 WTA points.

According to the WTA women’s
singles rankings, four Romanian competitors can be found among the world’s top
100 tennis players. Simona Halep is 22nd-placed while Sorana Cîrstea
is 38th-ranked. Irina Begu and Gabriela Ruse are 60th and
86th-placed, respectively. Jaqueline Cristian is 104th-ranked
and Ana Bogdan is 108th-placed, so they are a whisker away from earning
a place among the world’s top 100 players.

Australian Ashleigh
Barty is at the top pf the WTA rankings, with 7, 701 points.

Four Romanian tennis
players have already been included in the world’s top 100 players according to
the WTA doubles rankings. They are Raluca Olaru, who is 36th-placed,
Monica Niculescu, who is 39th-placed, Irina-Camelia Begu, who is 61st and Andreea Mitu, who is 100th-placed according to the WTA rankings.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

3 November 2021
Sports weekend

Romanian
rower Catalin Chirila on Friday advanced to the semifinal of the men’s canoe
single 1000m race in Tokyo. Chirila won the first heat of the qualifiers. On
Saturday morning, Catalin competes in the first semifinal, jointly with seven
other competitors. The first four rowers in descending order book their ticket
for the final, to be held also on Saturday. In heat 4, Victor Mihalachi came in
5th. Mihalachi also competed for the quarterfinals, where he was
again 5th-placed, so he failed to qualify to the semifinals.

All
Romanian wrestlers who fought in Tokyo on Friday sustained defeats from the competition’s very first round. In the 97-kilogram category, Albert Saritov was
overpowered by Cuban-born Italian challenger Abraham Conyedo Ruano. In the
50-kilogram category as part of the women’s version of the competition, Alina
Vuc was outclassed by European title holder, Bulgaria’s Miglena Georgyeva
Selishka.

On
Sunday, javelin thrower Alexandru Mihaita Novac competes in the final of the
event. On Wednesday, Novac’s throw of 83 meters and 27 centimeters, which is
also a personal record for the Romanian, took him to the final. Alexandru Novac
came in 4th in Group A and was 7th-placed, overall.

In
news from football, the coming weekend will see matches being played, counting
towards domestic League One’s fourth round. On Friday, FC Botosani take on UTA Arad
and CS Mioveni face CFR Cluj. On Saturday in Clinceni, the local side Academica
play FC U Craiova. In the southern Romanian town of Pitesti, FC Argeș receive
the visit of Rapid from Bucharest. On Sunday, Dinamo Bucharest play Chindia
Targoviste in Buzau. On the National Arena in Bucharest, FCSB face Gaz Metan
Medias. The fourth round’s closing fixture on Monday will see Farul Constanta
playing Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. In Craiova, the local side Universitatea play FC
Voluntari. CFR Cluj are at the top of the table with 9 points, followed by
Rapid Bucharest and FC Botosani, with 7 points each.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

6 August 2021
Sports weekend

Romanian
rower Catalin Chirila on Friday advanced to the semifinal of the men’s canoe
single 1000m race in Tokyo. Chirila won the first heat of the qualifiers. On
Saturday morning, Catalin competes in the first semifinal, jointly with seven
other competitors. The first four rowers in descending order book their ticket
for the final, to be held also on Saturday. In heat 4, Victor Mihalachi came in
5th. Mihalachi also competed for the quarterfinals, where he was
again 5th-placed, so he failed to qualify to the semifinals.

All
Romanian wrestlers who fought in Tokyo on Friday sustained defeats from the competition’s very first round. In the 97-kilogram category, Albert Saritov was
overpowered by Cuban-born Italian challenger Abraham Conyedo Ruano. In the
50-kilogram category as part of the women’s version of the competition, Alina
Vuc was outclassed by European title holder, Bulgaria’s Miglena Georgyeva
Selishka.

On
Sunday, javelin thrower Alexandru Mihaita Novac competes in the final of the
event. On Wednesday, Novac’s throw of 83 meters and 27 centimeters, which is
also a personal record for the Romanian, took him to the final. Alexandru Novac
came in 4th in Group A and was 7th-placed, overall.

In
news from football, the coming weekend will see matches being played, counting
towards domestic League One’s fourth round. On Friday, FC Botosani take on UTA Arad
and CS Mioveni face CFR Cluj. On Saturday in Clinceni, the local side Academica
play FC U Craiova. In the southern Romanian town of Pitesti, FC Argeș receive
the visit of Rapid from Bucharest. On Sunday, Dinamo Bucharest play Chindia
Targoviste in Buzau. On the National Arena in Bucharest, FCSB face Gaz Metan
Medias. The fourth round’s closing fixture on Monday will see Farul Constanta
playing Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. In Craiova, the local side Universitatea play FC
Voluntari. CFR Cluj are at the top of the table with 9 points, followed by
Rapid Bucharest and FC Botosani, with 7 points each.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

6 August 2021