Olympic Update
The latest from athletics, rowing, wrestling and rhythmic gymnastics
Eugen Nasta, 09.08.2024, 13:45
Romanian athlete Alina Rotaru – Kottmann came in 7th in the long-jump final held on Stade de France nearby paris. Alina Rotaru’s best jump measured 6 meters and 67 centimetres. US athlete Tara Davis-Woodhall won gold with a jump of 7 metres and 10 centimetres. The silver medal went to German athlete Malaika Mihambo, the Olympic champion in Tokyo in 2021, whose jump measured 6 metres and 98 centimetres. Another US athlete, Jasmine Moore, won bronze, with a jump of 6 metres and 96 centimetres. Romania last won an Olympic medal in Athletics in 2008 in Beijing, when Constantina Dita won gold in the marathon.
Also on Thursday, rowers Ilie Sprîncean and Oleg Nuţă won the B Final of the C2 men’s 500m race. According to the final rankings, Sprincean and Nuta came in 9th, clocking one minute, 43 seconds and 80 hundredths of a second. The Romanian C2 rowers on Thursday came in 5th in the second semi-final. The bottom-of-the-table position denied the Romanians participation to the A Final.
In a repechage confrontation this past Wednesday Romanian wrestler Andreea Beatrice Ana in the 53-kilogram category was defeated by North-Korea’s Hyo Gyong Choe. A three-time world champion in the 55-kilogram category, in the round of 16 Ana defeated Republic of Moldova’s Mariana Drăguţan, yet in the quarterfinals Ana sustained a defeat by Lucia Yepez Guzman of Ecuador. The South-American wrestler reached as far as the finals so the Romanian competed in the repechage. However, Ana was clearly dominated by her North-Korean opponent who went on to win bronze, having defeated Annika Wendle of Germany in the decisive confrontation.
Romanian athlete Annaliese Drăgan has wasted the opportunity to qualify to rhythmic gymnastics’ all-around final. Dragan ranked 21st in the qualifiers. 18-year-old Anneliese Dragan, a first-timer at the Olympic Games, was Romania’s only representative competing in rhythmic gymnastics in Paris.
