{"id":1032619,"date":"2026-06-24T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1032619"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:43:41","slug":"rri-sports-club-rowing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/rri-sports-club-rowing-2-id1032619.html","title":{"rendered":"RRI Sports Club \u2013 Rowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Rowing is the sport in which Romania has achieved its best results in recent years. Whether at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, or the European Championships, Romanian athletes have consistently been at the top. At the Olympic competitions of this century, the Romanian rowers missed the podium only once\u2014at London 2012. At the most recent Games, in France, Romania won gold in the men\u2019s double sculls and the women\u2019s eight, and at the previous edition, in Japan, in the women\u2019s double sculls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">We are currently in the middle of the World Cup season. Two stages have already taken place, in Seville, Spain, and Plovdiv, Bulgaria. On the last day of May, on Andalusian waters, four Romanian crews reached the podium, earning one gold medal, one silver, and two bronze. In the double sculls, Simona Radi\u0219 and Ancu\u021ba Bodnar won gold. The men\u2019s pair, made up of \u0218tefan Berariu and Florin Lehaci, took silver. In the women\u2019s quadruple sculls, Emanuela Ciot\u0103u, Alexandra Ungureanu, Andrada Moro\u0219anu, and Mariana\u2011Laura Dumitru finished third. The men\u2019s eight\u2014Cosmin Iulian Ple\u0219escu, Fabrizio\u2011Alexandru Scripcariu, Florin Arteni, Mugurel Semciuc, Constantin Adam, Sergiu Bejan, Andrei M\u00e2ndril\u0103, Lauren\u021biu Danciu, with Irina Despa as coxswain\u2014also won bronze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">The competitions in Bulgaria followed in mid\u2011June. Romania was represented by a young team, but the results were promising. The Romanian athletes qualified for six finals. The best performance came from the men\u2019s four\u2014Nicolae R\u0103zvan Stoian, Sebastian Alexandru Ta\u0219c\u0103, Antonel Av\u0103c\u0103ri\u021bei, and Sergiu Anfimov\u2014who won silver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">This weekend, the third stage of the World Cup takes place in Lucerne, Switzerland, where Romania is again expected to field its best athletes. At the end of July come the European Championships, held in Varese, Italy. Then, from August 24 to 30, the World Championships are scheduled in Amsterdam. (EE)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rowing is the sport in which Romania has achieved its best results in recent years. Whether at the Olympic Games, the World Championships, or the European Championships, Romanian athletes have consistently been at the top. 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