Sports Flash

The European Games are underway in Poland

Florin Orban, 29.06.2023, 13:45

Krakow
and the region of Malopolska in Poland are these days hosting the European
Games. On Wednesday, Romanian athletes won 2 more medals. In boxing, Lăcrămioara
Perijoc qualified into the semi-finals of the 54 kg category, thus securing a
spot in the Paris Olympics. She will take on Turkey’s Hatice Akbaş, the
category’s defending world champion, and if she loses, she still gets the
bronze medal. In teqball, the Romanian athlete Kinga Barabasi, no 5 in the
world, has secured a place in the women’s final, after defeating Nanna Lind
Kristensen (Denmark) in the semi-final on Wednesday. The other finalist is
Amelie Julien of France.

Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse failed to
move up to the main competition of the Wimbledon, after losing the 2nd
qualification round to Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Gabriela
Ruse gets GBP 21,750 and 20 WTA points. Irina Begu, Sorana Cîrstea, Ana Bogdan and
Jaqueline Cristian are taking part in the main draw, with Begu seed no 29.

Also in tennis, Monica Niculescu and Eri
Hozumi are playing the semi-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany.
In the quarter-finals, the Romanian – Japanese pair defeated seeds no 2, Yana
Sizikova (Russia) and Kimberley Zimmermann (Belgium), 6-2, 3-6, 10-8.

Romanian football teams have started their
summer training season. Rapid Bucharest, currently on a training session in
Slovakia, drew 1-all against Dunajska Streda in a friendly played on this
occasion. On Saturday, they are playing another friendly against the Hungarian
side Győr, and next Wednesday they are scheduled to play against Slovakian
champions Slovan Bratislava. (AMP)