Sports Roundup

News from bobsleigh, handball and football

Florin Orban, 23.01.2023, 13:45

The
Romanian athlete Andreea Grecu won the silver medal in the women’s monobob
event at the IBSF European Championships held in Altenberg, Germany. She finished
the race in 2’02”45, and was outperformed by Germany’s Laura Nolte, with
2’01”13. In the World Cup ranking in Altenberg, the first place went to
Kaillie Humphries, of the US, with 2’00”61, with Grecu coming in 6th.

The
Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest qualified into the Champions’
League quarter-finals. Two legs prior to the end of the group stage, the
Romanian vice-champions are top of Group A with 21 points. Second comes the
Norwegian team Vipers Kristiansand, with 19 points. The two sides have secured
a place in the quarter-finals, given that the 3rd-ranking team, Odense
(Denmark) only have 14 points. On Sunday, CSM defeated the German team Bietigheim
27 – 25 away from home. Malin Larsen Aune (Norway) was the Romania side’s best
scorer, with 6 goals. Cristina Neagu scored 5 times and went over the threshold
of 1,000 goals in the Champions’ League.

In Group B
of the same competition, Rapid Bucharest defeated Turkey’s champions,
Kastamonu, 28 – 22. The Dutch Estavana Polman scored 6 times for the Romanian
team, followed by Eliza Buceschi with 5 goals. Top of the group is the French
side Metz, with 21 points, followed by 3 teams with 18 points each: Győr (Hungary),
Esbjerg (Denmark) and Rapid. The top 2 teams in each group will go straight
into the quarter-finals, with the teams on the 3rd, 4th,
5th and 6th places moving into the playoffs.

In the EHF
European League, SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea lost to Thüringer, in Germany, 31 – 38. The
German side tops Group D, with 6 points in 3 matches. Vâlcea comes 2nd
with 2 points, and so do 2 other teams, Paris 92 (France) and Vác (Hungary).

We wrap up
with news from football. In the 22nd leg of the Romanian Super
League, Universitatea Cluj Friday beat FC Voluntari 2-1, and Rapid Bucharest
defeated Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 3-0. On Saturday, CS Mioveni won at home against
Petrolul Ploieşti 1-0, and FC Botoşani defeated Universitatea Craiova 1-0 at
home. On Sunday, FC U Craiova drew at home against UTA Arad (1-1), and FCSB won
1-0 against Hermannstadt in Sibiu. Before this leg, Farul Constanta was first
placed in the ranking, with 45 points, followed by CFR Cluj with 44. (AMP)