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\ncompetitions are back in the arena. Earlier this month Bucharest played host to
\nthe Romanian Cup, while at the end of last week the city of Cluj hosted Romania’s
\nInternational Athletics Championship. Florentina Iu\u015fco was one of the top-performing athletes. In both of the
\naforementioned competitions, Florentina Iu\u015fco won the triple jump and the long jump events. The scores she
\nobtained were not extraordinary. In the triple jump event, Florentina ranked
\nfirst with 13.84 meters, whereas in Cluj she jumped 13.70 meters. In the long
\njump event, where she managed to qualify to the Olympic Games, she jumped 6.40
\nmeters in Bucharest and 6.43 meters at the International Championship in Cluj.
\nBy way of comparison, Romania’s other athlete who will represent us in the
\nOlympic Games, Alina Rotaru, jumped 6.67 meters at a contest in Poland. It is
\nonly normal for Florentina Iu\u015fco
\nto vie for more. I’m happy to have won, but I’m not happy with the result I
\ngot. In the last two weeks I didn’t train the way I wanted, but this is no
\nexcuse. The National and Balkan championships are next, and I hope to jump
\nbetter in the upcoming competitions, Florentina Iu\u015fco said in Cluj.<\/p>\n
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Florentina Iu\u015fco was born April 8, 1996 in Deva, central
\nRomania. She is enrolled at Cetate Deva sports club and is currently coached by
\nNicolae Alexe. In 2015, at the indoors European Championships in Prague, she
\nwon bronze in the long jump event, with a score of 6.79 meters, setting a new
\nEuropean record in the youth competition. Soon after she married and gave
\nbirth, Florentina Iu\u015fco took up
\nanother sport, bobsleigh. In 2018, alongside Andreea Grecu, she became the world
\nchampion in the youth competition. In 2019 she got her best results in the long
\njump, jumping 6.87 meters at the International Championship in Cluj. Then, at
\nthe National Championship in Pitesti last year, she jumped 6.92 meters, her
\ncareer best.<\/p>\n
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