Sports Flash

A roundup of the most important sporting events

Steliu Lambru, 11.11.2021, 13:45

As part of the
tennis tournament hosted by Linz, Austria and totaling some 190 thousand Euro
in total prizes, the Romanian-born British player Emma Răducanu lost to Xinyu Wang of China, 6-1,
6-7, 7-5. In the women’s doubles, the pair made up of Mihaela Buzărnescu of Romania
and Katarzyna Piter of Poland lost to the all-Russian pair Natela Dzalamidze/Kamila
Rakhimova, 3-6, 7-5, 10-6 in the quarterfinals.

Romanian athlete
Andreea Beatrice Ana won gold in the 55-kg category at the World Under-23 Wrestling
Championships held in Belgrade. In the final, Ana defeated Viktoria Vaulina of
Russia. In this year’s edition Romania also grabbed a bronze medal, Ştefania
Claudia Priceputu ranking third in the 50-kg category. Maria Larisa Nițu also competed in the 72-kg
category.

SC Miercurea
Ciuc defeated CSM Galați 6-3
in a match in the domestic ice-hockey championship. In a match counting towards
both the national championship and Erste League, Corona Brașov lost to ACSH
Gheorgheni, 7-6. ACSH Gheorgheni tops the league tables with 17 points,
followed by SC Miercurea Ciuc also with 17 points. SC Miercurea Ciuc is the leader
of Erste League with 37 points, followed by ACSH Gheorgheni with 36 points.

Ciprian
Tătăruşanu was dubbed the hero of AC Milan, the Italian media writes after
the Romanian goalkeeper saved a penalty kick taken by Lautaro Martinez in the
1-1 highlight match pitting Milan rivals Inter and AC. Ciprian Tătăruşanu had
very good performances in recent matches for AC Milan, considering the first-team
regular, Mike Maignan, is currently injured. AC Milan is second in the league
tables with 32 points, the same as the leader Napoli.

Former gymnastics
legend Ecaterina Szabo was named honorary citizen of the city of Deva. This
title is like an Olympic medal, the former four-time medalist of the Los
Angeles 1984 Olympics said. (VP)