Saturday is the
\nlast day of the European Weightlifting Championships hosted by Batumi, Georgia.
\nThe Romanian delegation’s record has already exceeded all expectations, as
\nafter six competition days, the Romanian wrestlers walked away with 14 medals.
\nSix are gold medals, three of which won by Elena Andries in the 49-kilogram
\ncategory, while the other three went to Loredana Toma, in the 64-kilogram
\ncategory. The 14-strong Romanian delegation has thus had the opportunity to
\namass points for the 2020 edition of the Olympics, to be held in Japan.<\/p>\n
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This coming
\nweekend, all through to Sunday, the European Wrestling Championships are in
\nfull swing in Romanian capital city Bucharest. On Thursday, Romania’s Andreea
\nBeatrice Ana won a bronze medal in the 55-kilogram category. In the 3rd-place
\nconfrontation, Andreea defeated Mariana Dragutan of the Republic of Moldova. <\/p>\n
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It’s news from
\ngymnastics now. On Thursday, the Romanian gymnast Denisa Golgota qualified for
\nthe all-round finals, the vault, beam and floor events, at the Artistic
\ngymnastics European Championships hosted by the Polish town of Szczecin. Golgota
\ncompetes in the all-round finals with the ninth-best score. In the vault
\nfinals, Golgota gained admission with the 8th-best score, the same
\nas in the beam and floor events. We recall that at the European Championships
\nin Glasgow in 2019, Denisa Golgota won two medals for the Romania delegation: silver
\nin the floor event and bronze in the vault event. <\/p>\n
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In handball, the
\nRomanian team defeated Lithuania, 28-23 in Targoviste on Thursday night, in the 6th group of the 2020 European
\nChampionship’s preliminaries. The win occurred in the wake of two defeats by
\nFrance and Portugal, respectively. Portugal is top of the group with 6 points,
\nfollowed by France, with 4, Romania, with 2 and Lithuania, with zero points on
\nits record sheet. Two matches are scheduled this coming Sundae, when France
\nfaces Portugal, while Lithuania takes on Romania. <\/p>\n
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This coming Sunday,
\nthe Romanian women’s handball team CSM Bucharest is travelling to France for
\nthe return leg against Metz, in a fixture counting towards the Champions
\nLeague’s quarterfinals. We recall that in this past Friday’s leg in Bucharest,
\nMetz secured a 31-26 win against CSM Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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We go out with news
\nfrom football. The League One derby will be played on Sunday. In Group 1’s
\nfifth round, CFR Cluj plays a home game against FCSB. Also in Group 1 on
\nSaturday Viitorul Constanta plays a home fixture against Universitatea Craiova,
\nwhile on Monday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe takes on Astra Giurgiu at home. In the
\nas-it-stands table, CFR Cluj are three points up from FCSB. In Group 2 on Friday, Concordia Chiajna faces
\nDunarea Calarasi, while Politehnica Iasi go against Dinamo Bucharest. On
\nSaturday, FC Hermannstadt travels to Botosani, in the north, for a match
\nagainst the local side Football Club. On Sunday, FC Voluntari plays a home match
\nagainst Gaz Metan Medias.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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