Romania’s Loredana Toma on Sunday
\nwon two bronze medals in the 64 kg category at the World Weightlifting
\nChampionships hosted by Thailand, in the women’s total and snatch events. In
\nthe snatch competition, Toma won the bronze with 112 kg. China’s Wei Deng won
\nthe gold with 116 kg, and North Korea’s Un Sim Rim the silver with 114 kg.
\nAnother weightlifter from Romania, Irina Lep\u015fa, ranked fourth with 109 kg.
\nChina’s Wei Deng also won the clean and jerk competition, with 145 kg, again
\nfollowed by North Korea’s Rim, with 137 kg and by Columbia’s Mercedes Isabel
\nPerez Tigrero in the third place with 137 kg. Toma finished fourth, with 128
\nkg, after two failed attempts at 127 kg. Lep\u015fa finished in sixth place with 126
\nkg. Wei Deng ranked first in the women’s total with 261 kg, Rim came second
\nwith 251 kg and Toma third with 240 kg. Lep\u015fa was fifth with 235 kg. <\/p>\n
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The World Wrestling Championships
\ncame to an end in Nur-Sultan, in Kazakhstan. Romania had 14 wrestlers in the
\ncompetition but won only one medal, a silver by Alina Vuc in the 50 kg
\ncategory.<\/p>\n
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We end this sports roundup with
\nfootball. The Romanian striker Adrian Petre scored a goal for his side Esbjerg,
\nwho defeated Br\u00f8ndby 3-1 on Sunday at home in the 10th leg of the
\nDanish football championship. Another Romanian international player, Bogdan
\nStancu, scored the equalising goal for his side Gen\u00e7lerbirli\u011fi against the
\ncurrent leader Alayanspor, on Sunday at home in Ankara, in the Turkish
\nChampionship.<\/p>\n
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In Romania, the weekend saw the
\nmatches scheduled as part of the 10th leg of the First League. On
\nFriday, in Medias, Universitatea Craiova defeated the local side Gaz Metan 3-2.
\nOn Saturday, Academica Clinceni defeated FC Voluntari 2-1 away; Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu
\nGheorghe defeated FC Hermannstandt 3-nil at home; and Astra won 3-2 at home in
\nGiurgiu. On Sunday, Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte defeated FC Boto\u015fani 3-nil away; and FCSB
\nBucharest drew nil-all against CFR Cluj at home in what was the leg’s most
\neagerly awaited match. On Monday, in the leg’s final match Viitorul Constan\u0163a face
\nPolitehnica Ia\u015fi. CFR Cluj currently top the ranking with 21 points, followed
\nby Universitatea Craiova with 19. <\/p>\n
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