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AQUATICS:<\/strong> The European Aquatics Championships are currently underway in Paris. The opening days of the tournament were dedicated to artistic swimming and diving events. So far, the best results for the Romanian delegation are two seventh-place finishes. The first was secured by the duo Amelie Foerster\/ Alexandru Avasiloae in the mixed synchronized 3-meter springboard final, followed by Ioana-Andreea C\u00e2rcu and Nazanin-Adelyne Ellahi in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform event. Romania\u2019s first major medal contenders are set to compete on Friday, when Constantin Popovici and C\u0103t\u0103lin Preda take the stage in the high diving competition. The pool swimming events will start on Monday, with David Popovici as favorite in both the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events.<\/p>\n

TENNIS<\/strong>: Romanian women tennis players have been eliminated from the singles draw at the WTA 1000 tournament in Toronto, an event with a total of 7,433,000 dollars in prize money put up for grabs. In Tuesday’s second round, Elena Gabriela Ruse fell to Austria’s Anastasia Potapova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. On Wednesday, 14th seed Sorana C\u00eerstea was also knocked out, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Australia’s Maya Joint, ranked 78th<\/sup> in the world. Both Romanians leave Canada with 28,425 dollars and 35 WTA points.<\/p>\n

RUGBY:<\/strong> The Romanian Rugby Federation announced on Wednesday that players Fonovai Tangimana, Jason Tomane, and Kuselo Moyake have officially become Romanian citizens after taking the oath of allegiance at the National Citizenship Authority headquarters. A native of Tonga, Fonovai Tangimana made his international debut for Romania in November 2016 during a test match against the United States. He has since earned 39 caps for the national team. Australian-born Jason Tomane debuted for \u201cthe Oaks\u201d in November 2021, in a match against Uruguay, and has registered 31 caps to date. South African born Kuselo Moyake made his debut for Romania in November 2017 against Tonga, earning four caps for the national side so far.(DV)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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