Romanian gymnastics
\nseems to have been marred by the gymnasts’ constant lacklustre performance in
\nrecent years. The national team no longer qualified to the Olympic games, while the
\nmedal tally in world and European competitions has been unavoidably low. For instance,
\nin the 2022 edition of the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, the
\nRomanian gymnasts walked home with no medal. Romanian delegation’s best result
\nback then was Gabriel Burtanete’s coming in 4th in the vault final. Gabriel
\nneeded only two tenths of a point to step onto a step of the podium. In the all-round
\nevent final, Gabriel Burtanete came in 23rd. In the women’s version
\nof the championships, the only Romanian gymnast to have advanced to the final
\nwas Ana Maria Barbosu, who in the all-round event came in 20th. <\/p>\n
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The 2023 competition season, however, had a
\nmore auspicious start. In the FIG Apparatus World Cup held in Qatar’s
\nDoha, the Romanian Sabrina Voinea won two gold medals, in the beam and floor
\nevents. Sabrina was granted 13.766 points in the beam final, outclassing the runner-up
\ngymnast Ana Lascevska of Ukraine by more than four tenths of a point. In the
\nfloor event, Sabrina’s win was
\neven clearer. Sabrina was granted 13.600 points, that if seven tenths of a point
\nmore than silver medalist, Japan’s Chiaki Hatakeda.<\/p>\n
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It was the first international seniors’ competition
\nfor 15-year-old Sabrina; her performance is all the more impressive, given
\nshe is still very young. Sabrina will now need to confirm her stunning debut
\nperformance in an international competition at the coming European Gymnastics Championships,
\nto be held in Turkyie’s Antalya between April 11 and 16. Sabrina’s trainer is
\nher mother Camelia Voinea, a former gymnast and a silver medalist in the Olympic
\nGames in Seoul, in 1988, in the nations’ competition. (EN)<\/p>\n
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