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Romanian wrestler Alin Alexuc — Ciurariu came in 5th in men’s Greco — Roman 98 kg event. In the round of 16, the Romanian wrestler had managed to pass by the Egyptian Hamdy Moustafa Elsaid Abdelwahab, but in the quarters he was defeated by the Armenian Artur Aleksanyan, the one who would eventually win the golden medal. There followed re-qualifications, where the Romanian athlete defeated the Italian Daigoro Timoncini. In the game that could have brought him the bronze medal, Alexuc — Ciurariu was defeated by Cenk Ildem of Turkey. Also in the Greco-Roman wrestling event, but in the 66 kg category, the Romanian wrestler Ion Iulian Panait was defeated in the first round by the Russian Islambek Albiev.

Olympic Update
Olympic Update

, 17.08.2016, 13:51

Romanian wrestler Alin Alexuc — Ciurariu came in 5th in men’s Greco — Roman 98 kg event. In the round of 16, the Romanian wrestler had managed to pass by the Egyptian Hamdy Moustafa Elsaid Abdelwahab, but in the quarters he was defeated by the Armenian Artur Aleksanyan, the one who would eventually win the golden medal. There followed re-qualifications, where the Romanian athlete defeated the Italian Daigoro Timoncini. In the game that could have brought him the bronze medal, Alexuc — Ciurariu was defeated by Cenk Ildem of Turkey. Also in the Greco-Roman wrestling event, but in the 66 kg category, the Romanian wrestler Ion Iulian Panait was defeated in the first round by the Russian Islambek Albiev.



In artistic gymnastics, Andrei Vasile Muntean came in 6th in the men’s parallel bars final. He got 15.600 points, a better result than the one he had obtained in qualifications, when he got 15.466 points. Unfortunately, Romania has not managed to win any medals in the gymnastics competitions in Rio, as Marian Dragulescu came in 4th in men’s vault, and Catalina Ponor finished the women’s beam final on 7th place. It’s for the first time since 1972 that Romanian gymnasts come back home from the Olympic Games with no medals.



Romanian athlete Alina Rotaru failed to qualify for the women’s long jump final. Her best jump was 6 meters 40 centimeters long, 13 centimeters shorter than the jump of the last finalist, Jazmin Sawyers of Great Britain.

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