Andrea
\nMiklos is the fifth Romanian athlete to have secured the qualification to the
\n2024 edition of the Olympic Games in Paris. In the 400m race, Miklos came in 2nd
\nas part of an international contest held in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Andrea clocked
\n50 seconds and 80 hundredths of a second, that is 15 hundredths of second
\nbetter than the Olympic standard. Sada
\nWilliams of Barbardos was the winner, with 50 seconds and 34 hundredths of a
\nsecond. Apart from Andrea
\nMiklos, having already booked their ticket for Paris are Marathon runner Delvine
\nMeringor, swimmers David Popovici and Vlad Stancu, as well as pugilist L\u0103cr\u0103mioara
\nPerijoc.<\/p>\n
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The World Fencing Championships start in Italy’s Milan this coming
\nSaturday. The Championships begin on July 22 with the individual men’s sabre
\nand women’s epee events. The finals are scheduled on July 24th. Preliminaries
\nfor men’s epee and women’s foil events are scheduled on July 23rd. The
\nfinals are scheduled on Tuesday. The rest of the events take place next week. The
\ncompetition draws to a close on July 30th.<\/p>\n
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In news from football, the Romania national
\nteam has climbed one notch down, from the 47th to the 48th
\nplace according to the World national teams’ rankings made public by the
\nInternational Football Federation on Thursday. Defending world champions Argentina
\nstill is at the top of the table. Vice world champions France and Brazil, respectively,
\nfollow. Romania’s main challenger at the EURO 2024 preliminaries, Switzerland
\nhas also climbed one notch down as against last month, from the 12th
\nto the 13th-place. Of Romania’s other opponents, best-placed is Israel,
\nranking 79th. Kosovo and Andorra are 109th and 154th-placed,
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
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Matches counting towards the Romanian football Super league’s second round
\nare scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe go against FC U Craiova
\n1948, while UTA play CFR Cluj. On Saturday, Farul Constan\u0163a in Ovidiu play a
\nhome fixture against FC Voluntari. In Romania’s capital city, the all-time
\nBucharest derby will be played, pitting FCSB against Dinamo Bucharest. On
\nSunday, Poli Iasi play a home game against FC Hermannstadt Sibiu, while Universitatea
\nCluj face Rapid Bucharest, also on home turf. On Monday, FC Boto\u015fani are pitted
\nagainst Petrolul Ploie\u015fti, while Universitatea Craiova play O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i. <\/p>\n
\n
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—–<\/p>\n
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