{"id":1028320,"date":"2026-06-12T13:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1028320"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:33:55","slug":"sports-weekend-517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-weekend-517-id1028320.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv will be hosting the second leg of the World Rowing Cup, a competition which brings together roughly 400 athletes from 22 countries. According to the Romanian Rowing Federation, the strategy for this competition in Plovdiv is to develop the young talents in rowing. Romania will be represented only by its young rowers as its senior crews, part of the Olympic team, which two weeks ago reaped medals at the World Cup in Seville, are going to take a break.<\/p>\n<p>So, Romania will have two young crews in the men\u2019s pair events. Some of these crews are medalists in the European Youth Championships such as Eduard Angel Moldovan, Nicolae R\u0103zvan Stoian and Sergiu Anfimov. Experts believe the two crews stand good chances to a medal in the aforementioned competition. The Romanian four has been completely revised since the competition in Seville, being entirely made up of beginners. Three of the members are young world champions with Romania\u2019s eight and the fourth one, Sergiu Anfimov, is European champion with Romania\u2019s four. The only experienced hand in Romania\u2019s male team is Mihai Chiru\u021b\u0103, bronze medalist in the European Championship, who is also attending the singles.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s singles, sports fans have pinned their hopes on the 19-year-old athlete, Bianca Ifteni. After the 11<sup>th<\/sup> place she got in Seville, she is now running in Plovdiv with good chances of winning one of the six positions. Romania\u2019s four is made up entirely of young rowers. For them, this competition is a major rehearsal before the upcoming World and European Youth Championships.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv will be hosting the second leg of the World Rowing Cup, a competition which brings together roughly 400 athletes from 22 countries. According to the Romanian Rowing Federation, the strategy for this competition in Plovdiv is to develop the young talents in rowing. 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