\n\tNot all Romania\u2019s top-notch athletes took part in the competition, since such runners as Angela Morosanu, Mirela Lavric and Ancuta Bobocel are still undergoing their specific winter training.
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\n\tThe season may still be in its early days, yet a string of athletes had time to prove themselves, putting on remarkable performances. Worth mentioning here is the hop, step and jump athlete Marian Oprea\u2019s performance. He had a bracing comeback to the competition season with a jump of 18 meters and 80 centimeters. For the early 2013, it is a remarkable performance, which prompted Radio Romania International to designate Marian Oprea the Athlete of the Week.<\/p>\n
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\n\tMarian Oprea was born in Pitesti, Southern Romania,on June 6, 1982. In 2000 he became juniors\u2019 Olympic champion in Santiago de Chile. In 2002 Marian Oprea walked home with a silver medal he had won at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna. Yet the peak of his career was marked by the runner-up position Marian Oprea snatched at the Athens Olympics in 2004, when the Romanian managed a jump of 17 meters and 55 centimeters. Marian maintained his position among Europe\u2019s and the world\u2019s best athletes, although he sustained quite a few injuries throughout the years. His most recent notable performance occurred in 2011, when Marian Oprea walked away with silver at the European Indoor Championships in Paris.<\/p>\n
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\n\t Because of a health problem, Marian Oprea failed to participate in the London Olympics last summer. He will come back to the top-flight international competitions in March at the European Indoor Championships in Goteborg, Sweden.<\/p>\n
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\n\tWorth mentioning at this point is the fact that this week, again on Friday and Saturday, the second leg of the National Indoor Athletics Championships is scheduled.<\/p>\n
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