The webpage
\nof the International Olympic Committee on Sunday, March 15, published an
\narticle devoted to Georgeta Popescu, the first-ever Romanian woman to win a
\nwinter games gold medal at the iconic Olympia bob run in St. Moritz. Winning a
\nYouth Olympic Games (YOG) gold medal is a special moment for any young
\nbobsleigh athlete, but doing so at St Moritz’s Olympia Bob Run – the world’s
\noldest bobsleigh track and a host of two Winter Olympic competitions in 1928
\nand 1948 – takes some beating. That’s exactly what happened to Romania’s Georgeta
\nPopescu at Lausanne 2020, the IOC writes on its webpage. <\/p>\n
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I’m extremely happy.
\nHowever, I wasn’t interested in making history in bobsleigh or winter sports,
\nshe says. I was just interested in Romania being known and its values being
\nknown to the world. The only thing that really went through my mind is that
\nI’ve made my country very proud. I met [IOC President] Thomas Bach and he told
\nme that my medal is extremely precious for Romania, because we had never won a
\nmedal in women’s bobsleigh before. Georgeta Popescu went on to say. A day after
\nPopescu’s win, Romania claimed a second bobsleigh gold medal courtesy of Andrei
\nNica in the men’s monobob, capping off a highly successful YOG at the Olympia
\nBob Run for the country. Thus both players might have a serious impact on the
\nOlympic competition slated for Beijing in 2022.<\/p>\n
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On Monday,
\nthe Romanian Sports and Olympic Committee decided to designate Georgeta Popescu
\nas Romania’s candidate for the Piotr Nurowski award. The European Olympic
\nCommittees set up the prize in 2011 and has been awarding it to the top
\nEuropean youth athletes in memory of Piotr Nurowski, the former president of
\nthe Polish Olympic Committee, who perished in the 2010 Smolensk air crash,
\nwhich killed 88 high-ranking officials, including the President of Poland, and
\nthe 8 crew members. The award is an homage to Piotr Nurowski, by means of which
\nthe EOC wants to encourage young athletes to pursue a career in top sport, as
\nwell as inspire future generations to adopt a healthy lifestyle based on
\nOlympic values and principles. <\/p>\n
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(Translated
\nby V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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