Sports roundup
A look as this past week's main sports events
Florin Orban, 14.10.2019, 13:43
Romanian mens handball team Dinamo Bucharest Saturday night grabbed a 30-20 away win against Russian opponents Chekhovskyie Medvedy, in a fixture counting towards Champions Leagues Group D. It was the third win in a row for Dinamo, a team that has maintained its lead position in their group. In the EHF Cup, Politehnica Timisoara has failed to advance to the third round after a 26-29 defeat by Greek opponents Olympiakos Pyraeus, away from home. The fixture counted toward the second leg of the competitions second round. Cup holders Politehnica Timisiara won the first leg, 31-29. Another Romanian team, Dobrogea Sud Constanta, was edged out of the EHF Cup, despite the win they grabbed against Hungarian Challengers Csurgoi, 21-19, away from home, in a confrontation counting towards the second leg of the second round. We recall Romanias vice-champions sustained a 22-24 defeat in the first leg, while Csurgoi qualified on away goals.
In womens handball, CSM Bucharest this past Friday drew against Russian opponents Rostov Don, 23-all, in the Champions Leagues group B. After two rounds, CSM are the runner-up team in their group, on a par with Rostov Don, in terms of points, but with a poorer goal average. Danish side Team Esbjerg are third-placed, with two points, while fourth-placed are Polish team Perla Lublin, with zero points on their record sheet. In Group C, holder CSM Ramnicu Valcea sustained a 24-37 defeat by French opponent Brest Bretagne. SCM are 3-td placed with two points. Berest Bretagne is at the top of the table, with four points. Second-placed are Buducnost Podgorica, with two points, but with a better goal average than CSM Ramnicu Valcea. German side Bietigheim is 4th-placed with zero points on its record sheet. In the EHF Cup, Corona Brasov grabbed 35-30 win against Spanish opponents Bera Bera, while Magura Cisnadie thrashed Ukrainian side Galychanka Lvov, 31-23.
In news from gymnastics, Marian Dragulescu came in 4th in the vault event, as part of the ongoing World Gymnastics Championship in Stuttgart. Dragulescus first attempt was rewarded with 14. 966 points, while for the second attempt Dragulescu only got 14. 283 points, because with a hesitating landing. With an average number of points standing at 14. 624, Dragulescu was 125 thousandths of a point away from stepping onto a step of the podium. Gold went to Russias Nikita Nagorny. Second-placed was another Russian, Artur Daloyan, while third-placed was Ukraines Igor Radivilov.
We end with news from football, as in Bucharest on Tuesday, Romanias national team takes on Norway in the eighth fixture counting towards EURO 2020 qualifiers. On Saturday, Romania grabbed a 3-nil away win against Faeroe Islands. Romania is third-placed in the Group. Spain is at the top of the table, with 19 points, followed by Sweden with 14 points. The first two teams in the group secure their ticket for the final tournament.
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