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  • Athlete of the Week on RRI – Athlete Alina Rotaru-Kottmann

    Athlete of the Week on RRI – Athlete Alina Rotaru-Kottmann

    Budapest is hosting the World
    Athletics Championships until August 29. Representing Romania are 16 athletes,
    nine women and 7 men, with the goal of qualifying to at least three finals. Winning
    medals was not one of the objectives set by the Romanian Athletics Federation,
    so we can argue that the bronze medal won last Sunday in the long jump event by
    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann came as a surprise. It was also a career best for our
    athlete and the best performance for Romania in recent days, which is why we
    have designated Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Athlete of the Week on RRI.


    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann competed in
    Budapest after already having qualified to the Paris Olympics due next year. In
    late July, at the Inneringer Weitsprung Meeting hosted by Germany, Alina jumped
    6.96 meters, winning gold and setting a new personal record. At the World
    Championships in Budapest, Alina jumped 6.88 meters. The gold went to Ivana
    Vuleta of Serbia, with 7.14 meters, a season best, while the silver medal went
    to Tara Davis-Woodhall of the USA with 6.91 meters.


    Alina Rotaru-Kottmann was born June
    5, 1993 in Bucharest. She enrolled at Dinamo Bucharest sports club when she was
    6. At the 2009 World Under-19 Championships in Italy, she came in second in the
    long jump event and fourth in the high jump event. Over the years she steadily
    improved her performances. In 2015, she qualified to the 2016 Rio Olympics with
    a jump measuring 6.72 meters. In Rio, she ranked 18. She also took part in the Tokyo
    Olympics, where she ranked 17 in the final standings. She is one of the
    favorites in the long jump event at the Paris Olympics of 2024. (VP)

  • Sports

    Sports

    The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu won the WTA tournament in Palermo,
    with more than 200,000 euro in prize money. In the final, on Sunday, she beat the Italian
    Lucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. The Romanian thus added the fifth WTA title in her
    career, after the one she won five years ago, in Bucharest. For the success in
    Sicily, Begu was rewarded, according to Agerpres, with 26,770 euros and 280 WTA
    points. At last year’s edition in Palermo, the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse was
    defeated in the final by the American player Danielle Collins. Until Sunday,
    the only Romanian player who had won the Palermo tournament was Irina Spârlea,
    in 1994 and 1995.




    The World Fencing Championships ended in Cairo on Saturday. The Romanian
    athletes won two bronze medals, both in individual competitions. Iulian
    Teodosiu calimed the third step of the podium in saber, and Maria Boldor, in
    foil.




    The World Athletics Championships ended on Sunday, in Eugene, in the
    American state of Oregon. Romania was represented by 8 athletes, of which four
    in the male and four in the female competitions. Bianca Ghelber ranked sixth in
    hammer throw, Alin Firfirică came in 7th in discus throw, and Daniela Stanciu
    ranked tenth in the high jump event.






    Games counting for the second stage of the Romanian Football Superleague
    were held this past weekend. On Friday, Farul Constanța defeated away from home
    CS Mioveni, 2-0. On Saturday, also in Mioveni, FC Botoșani beat FC Voluntari 1-0.
    Four games were played on Sunday. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe beat FC Argeș 4-0 at
    home, FC U Craiova won on home turf the match against the champion, CFR Cluj,
    3-1. In Mediaș, Universitatea Cluj and Universitatea Craiova ended in a draw, 1-1.
    Finally, in the derby, in Bucharest, Rapid beat FCSB 2-0. The last two matches
    of the stage are to be held on Monday. Chindia Târgoviște with FC Hermannstadt and
    UTA Arad with Petrolul Ploiești. Farul and FC Botoșani lead the ranking, the
    only teams with 6 points out of 6.(MI)





  • Sports

    Sports

    The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu won the WTA tournament in Palermo,
    with more than 200,000 euro in prize money. In the final, on Sunday, she beat the Italian
    Lucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. The Romanian thus added the fifth WTA title in her
    career, after the one she won five years ago, in Bucharest. For the success in
    Sicily, Begu was rewarded, according to Agerpres, with 26,770 euros and 280 WTA
    points. At last year’s edition in Palermo, the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse was
    defeated in the final by the American player Danielle Collins. Until Sunday,
    the only Romanian player who had won the Palermo tournament was Irina Spârlea,
    in 1994 and 1995.




    The World Fencing Championships ended in Cairo on Saturday. The Romanian
    athletes won two bronze medals, both in individual competitions. Iulian
    Teodosiu calimed the third step of the podium in saber, and Maria Boldor, in
    foil.




    The World Athletics Championships ended on Sunday, in Eugene, in the
    American state of Oregon. Romania was represented by 8 athletes, of which four
    in the male and four in the female competitions. Bianca Ghelber ranked sixth in
    hammer throw, Alin Firfirică came in 7th in discus throw, and Daniela Stanciu
    ranked tenth in the high jump event.






    Games counting for the second stage of the Romanian Football Superleague
    were held this past weekend. On Friday, Farul Constanța defeated away from home
    CS Mioveni, 2-0. On Saturday, also in Mioveni, FC Botoșani beat FC Voluntari 1-0.
    Four games were played on Sunday. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe beat FC Argeș 4-0 at
    home, FC U Craiova won on home turf the match against the champion, CFR Cluj,
    3-1. In Mediaș, Universitatea Cluj and Universitatea Craiova ended in a draw, 1-1.
    Finally, in the derby, in Bucharest, Rapid beat FCSB 2-0. The last two matches
    of the stage are to be held on Monday. Chindia Târgoviște with FC Hermannstadt and
    UTA Arad with Petrolul Ploiești. Farul and FC Botoșani lead the ranking, the
    only teams with 6 points out of 6.(MI)