Sports Roundup

News from rowing, canoe, and football

Florin Orban, 26.08.2024, 13:50

The 2024 World Rowing Championships came to an end in St. Catherines, Canada. In the senior competition, where only non-Olympic events were held, Romania won a gold medal thanks to Ionela Cozmiuc, in the lightweight single sculls category. After the competition, the athlete announced her withdrawal from competitions. In the under-23 events, Romanian rowers won gold medals in the quadruple sculls and coxless pair competitions. The Romanian athletes had the best results in the under-19 category, with 4 gold medals, in the women’s single sculls, men’s and women’s coxless pair and quadruple sculls.

Cătălin Chirilă won the bronze medal in the 500-m canoe event this Sunday, at the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The winner was Serghey Tarnovschi, of the Republic of Moldova, followed by Martin Fuksa of the Czech Republic. In the 200-m single canoe event, Chirilă came out 8^th. Previously, on Saturday, Ilie Sprîncean and Oleg Nuţă finished 5^th in the 1,000-m men’s canoe pair competition.

The Romanian footballer Dennis Man played in the 2^nd round of the Italian top football league. He scored the first goal of his team, Parma, in the second minute of their match against AC Milan, which they won 2-1.

We end with news from domestic football. This weekend saw matches counting towards the 7^th round of the Romanian SuperLeague. On Friday, in Ploieşti, Petrolul drew 0-0 against Otelul Galaţi, and Rapid Bucharest won away from home against Poli Iaşi, 2-1. On Saturday, Unirea Slobozia won 1-0, in Sfântu Gheorghe, against Sepsi OSK, while Dinamo defeated Universitatea Craiova, in Bucharest, 2-1. On Sunday, CFR Cluj beat FC Botoşani 3-0, on home turf, and Hermannstadt defeated FCSB 2-0 in Sibiu. Top ranking are Craiova, with 14 points. (AMP)