We begin with the latest from women’s
\nvolleyball. In the semifinals of the CEV Cup, Europe’s second-tier competition,
\nRomania’s title holders CSM Volei Alba Blaj grabbed a first-leg 3-nil semifinal
\nwin against vice-champions CSM T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te. It took Volei Alba Blaj one hour and 23 minutes to win
\nthe game, grabbing a 25-15 win in the first set. The second set was a little
\nbit more balanced, yet Alba Blaj also won the set, 25-18 this time. The third
\nset was a cliffhanger as Volei Alba Blaj won by the narrowest of margins,
\n25-23. The return leg is scheduled on March 23rd. In the second semi-final, the Italian team Palazzo Wanny Florence grabbed a 3-nil home win against Turkish opponents THY Istanbul.<\/p>\n
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21-year-old gymnast Gabriel
\nBurt\u0103nete came in 8th, the last position, in the vault
\nfinal as part of the World Cup held in Azeri capital Baku, with 13. 249 points. The gold
\nmedal went to the 2021 world champion, Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines, with 14.933
\npoints. Representing Romania at the World Cup in Baku were brothers Gabriel and
\nRobert Burt\u0103nete, and Nicholas \u0162arc\u0103. <\/p>\n
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In the Singapore Smash 2023 table
\ntennis tournament’s round of 16, Elizabeta Samara sustained a nil-3 defeat by Austrian challenger
\nSofia Polcanova. In the previous stage, Samara provided a surprise, defeating Olympic
\nchampion, China’s Meng Chen, 3-2.<\/p>\n
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Romania’ s women’s rifle team came in 11th
\nat the European seniors’ and juniors’ Shooting Sports Championships held in Estonia’s
\nTallin, in the 10 meter-air rifle event. Romania succeeded 937.7 points all
\ntold in the qualifiers yet failed to earn a position among the competition’s
\nfirst 8 teams. The gold medals went to Norway, silver went to Serbia, while Poland
\nand Germany won the bronze medals. However, Romania won a silver medal, through
\njunior Luca Joldea, in the pistol event.(EN)<\/p>\n
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