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Romanian athlete Laura Georgeta
Coman this past Saturday in Poland’s Wroclav won the 10m air rifle European
title It is the second gold medal Laura won in the European Shooting Sports
Championships; we recall Laura won the first medal in Osijek, Croatia. In 2019. In Poland, Coman compelled
recognition in the final with 251.2 points. She was followed by Russia’s
Anastasiya Galashina, who had one tenth of a point less than Coman. Third-placed
was Andrea Arsovic of Serbia, with 228. 9 points.

Sports roundup
Sports roundup

, 02.03.2020, 12:49

Romanian athlete Laura Georgeta
Coman this past Saturday in Poland’s Wroclav won the 10m air rifle European
title It is the second gold medal Laura won in the European Shooting Sports
Championships; we recall Laura won the first medal in Osijek, Croatia. In 2019. In Poland, Coman compelled
recognition in the final with 251.2 points. She was followed by Russia’s
Anastasiya Galashina, who had one tenth of a point less than Coman. Third-placed
was Andrea Arsovic of Serbia, with 228. 9 points.


Romanian men’s national handball
team Dinamo Bucharest has got through to the Champions League’s round of 16. In
the second leg of the playoff tie against Sporting Lisbon, Dinamo grabbed a 26
to 24 win in Bucharest, this past Sunday.


Dinamo had also won the first leg,
in Portugal, 26 to 25. In the competition’s round of 16, Dinamo is the only
team with a win-all record in the ongoing season of the Champions League. Dinamo
will face the runner-up team in Group A, French side Paris Saint-Germain. The
first leg is scheduled over March 18 and 22nd in Bucharest, while
the second leg is scheduled in Paris, over March 25 and 29.


In the women’s version of the
Champions League, two other Romanian teams will prove their mettle in the quarterfinals.
One round ahead of the end of the main phase, none of the Romanian teams can
waste the opportunity to come in 4th in the group stage, which is the last
place that can book a ticket for the quarterfinals. In the weekend round this
past Saturday, in main Group 2, SCM Ramnicu Valcea defeated Swedish opponents
Savehof, 28 to 26. On Sunday, in main group 1, CSM Bucharest were defeated by
French side Metz, 26 to 28, away from home. The last round is scheduled at the
end of this week.


In the EHF Cup, Gloria
Bistrita-Nasaud was defeated by Danish opponents Herning Ikast, 29 to 26 in the
first leg of the quarterfinal, this past Sunday on home ground. The second leg
is scheduled in Ikast on March 8.


In news from football, this past weekend saw matches being played,
counting towards the first round of the Group1/Group 2 stage of the domestic
championship. In Group 1 on Friday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe drew 1-all in the
home game they played against Poli Iasi, while Academica Clinceni grabbed a
1-nil win against Dinamo Bucharest. In Ovidiu, in the south east, Viitorul
Constanta ended the match against FC Voluntati in a blank draw. In Group 2, on
Saturday, FC Botosani drew in the home game against FCSB, 2-all. On Sunday,
Universitatea Craiova defeated Gaz Metan Medias on home turf, 2-1. In Group1,
Universitatea Craiova are at the top of the table with 26 points, followed by
CFR Cluj, also with 26 points.

Simona Radiş and Magdalena Rusu photo: Facebook / Federatia Romana De Canotaj - Credit foto: Balint Czucz Photography
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