The European Women’s U-19 Handball Championship
\nhas drawn to a close in Pitesti his past Sunday. Romania won the bronze medal,
\nan absolute first for the national squad in the last 16 years, for the U-19 category.
\nIn the 3rd-place final Romania defeated Portugal, 39-32. The European title went
\nto Hungary, a team that secured a 35-26 win against Denmark. <\/p>\n
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Romania
\nhas had a no-medal record at the end of the European U-23 Athletics Championships
\nheld in Espoo, Finland. Romanian delegation’s best performance in the
\ncompetition was Mihai Sorin Dringo’s coming in 4th in the 400m race.
\nRomania sent a 20-strong delegation in Finland. 12 athletes competed in the women’s
\nversion, while 8 other in the men’s version of the event.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian climber Horia Colib\u0103\u015fanu has yet
\nagain succeeded a great performance. On Saturday, Horia climbed the Karakorum Massif’s
\nBroad Peak located on the Pakistani-Chinese border, at an altitude of 8, 051 meters.
\nBroad Peak is the 10th over-8,000m peak Colibasanu has climbed in
\nhis career.<\/p>\n
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Romanian women’s national football team in Bucharest this past Sunday
\ngrabbed a 2-nil win in a friendly against Bulgaria. Towards the end of the
\nfirst half Romania twice turned two penalty kicks into goals. On September
\n22nd, in the League of Nations B2 Group, Romania makes its debut in the competition
\nwith an away fixture against Croatia. Also part of B2 group are Finland and Slovakia.<\/p>\n
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This past weekend saw the Romanian Football
\nSuper League kick-starting for a fresh edition. On Friday, the match pitting O\u0163elul
\nGala\u0163i against UTA Arad ended 1-all, while the match pitting Rapid Bucharest against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe ended in a blank draw. In Sibiu on Saturday,
\nFarul Constan\u0163a defeated FC Hermannstadt, 1-nil, while on home turf, CFR Cluj outclassed
\nPoli Ia\u015fi, 2-nil. In Ploiesti on Sunday, the local side Petrolul drew against Universitatea
\nCluj, 1-all, while in T\u00e2rgu Jiu, FCSB grabbed a 3 -1 win against FC U
\nCraiova 1948.<\/p>\n
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