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The World Swimming Championships drew to a close in Japan’s Fukukoa this
\npast Sunday. The Romanian delegation walked home with two medals, both won in
\nthe competition’s high-diving events. Constantin
\nPopovici won gold, while C\u0103t\u0103lin Preda, silver. All hopes were pinned on the
\nholder of the 200m freestyle European record as well as the 100m freestyle
\nworld record holder, David Popovici. This time around, the Romanian failed to
\nstep onto a step of the podium.<\/p>\n
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The World Fencing
\nChampionships drew to a close in Milan, Italy. Romania sent a 15-strong delegation,
\nwith 12 twelve fencers competing in the men’s events and 5 in the women’s events.
\nThe delegation walked away with no medal. Best-placed was M\u0103lina C\u0103lug\u0103reanu, in the foil event, who came in 8th.
\nApart from medals, the competition offered important points required for the qualification
\nto the 2024 edition of the Olympic Games in Paris. <\/p>\n
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As part of the Summer
\nSports European Youth Olympic Festival that has been recently held in Slovenia’s
\nMaribor, Romania came in 4th in the nations’ competition in terms of
\nmedals. The Romanian athletes won 9 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals. Five of the gold medals were provided by swimmers.
\nRobert Badea won the mixed 200 and 400m events, Aissia Pris\u0103cariu won the 200m backstroke
\nevent, while Daria Sili\u015fteanu won the 100m backstroke event. Added to that was
\nthe gold medal won by the 4 by 100m women’s relay team. In judo, Tudor Mo\u015foi won in the 60-kilogram category, while David Gliga won in the 73-kilogram category. Also
\ngold went to the mixed women’s relay team, in the 100, 200 300 and 400m races. A
\ngold medal winner was Alin \u015eavlovschi in the 2,000m steeplechase event. <\/p>\n
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The European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships will be held in Bucharest until
\nthis coming Thursday. In the first week of the competition, the Romanian
\nweightlifters won 14 gold medals, of which 8 in the juniors category and 6 in
\nthe U23 category of the competition.<\/p>\n
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In news from
\nfootball, this past weekend saw matches being played, counting towards the Romanian
\nSuper League’s third round. On Friday, U Cluj grabbed a 4-3 away win against FC
\nU Craiova 1948, while in Bucharest, Rapid drew FC Boto\u015fani, 2-all. In Sibiu on Saturday,
\nFC Hermannstadt defeated UTA Arad, 2-1, while in Galati FCSB defeated the local
\nside O\u0163elul, 2-nil. In Ovidiu on Sunday, the newly-promoted team Poli Iasi
\nsucceeded a 3-1 away win against holders Farul Constanta, while in Cluj, CFR drew against Universitatea Craiova, 1-all. With 9 points, FCSB are at the top of the table, while CFR,
\nare second-placed, with 7.<\/p>\n
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