In recent years, Romanian athletes have been grabbing good
\nresults in winter sports. Whereas in skiing and biathlon events progress seems
\nto be slower, our athletes are closing in to world rankings in bob sledding and
\nsleigh events. In the latest Winter Olympics hosted by Beijing, Romania’s luge
\nteam made up of Raluca Str\u0103m\u0103turaru, Valentin Cre\u0163u and the Marian G\u00eetlan \/
\nDarius \u0218erban tandem ranked 9. In the women’s singles, Andreea Grecu ranked 12,
\nwhile the men’s 4-man bobsleigh crew made up of Mihai Tentea, Raul Dobre,
\nCiprian Daroczi and Cristian Radu finished the competition in 13th
\nplace.<\/p>\n
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Last Tuesday, in the relay team at the World Cup in
\nAltenberg, Germany, Romania ranked 6. Competing were Raluca Str\u0103m\u0103turaru,
\nValentin Cre\u021bu and the pair made up of \u0218tefan Handaric and Sebastian Motzca.
\nThe greatest achievement came on Friday, however, when Valentin Cre\u021bu won the
\nNations Cup, held in Winterberg on the sidelines of the World Cup. Cre\u021bu won
\nthe men’s singles with 52.412 seconds, followed closely by Florian M\u00fcller of
\nGermany and Jonathan Eric Gustafson of the USA. For this result, we have
\ndesignated Valentin Cre\u021bu Athlete of the Week on RRI. <\/p>\n
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Valentin Cre\u021bu was born September 9, 1989 in Sinaia, a city
\nlocated at the foothills of Bucegi Mountains, which are famous for their
\nslopes. He is enrolled at the local sports club. In 2004 he was drafted into
\nRomania’s national team, and starting the 2006-2007 season has been competing
\nin World Cup events. Valentin Cre\u021bu has so far qualified to four editions of the
\nOlympics Games – in 2010 in Vancouver, in 2014 in Sochi, in 2018 in PyeongChang
\nand in 2022 in Beijing. His objective is securing qualification to the 2026
\nOlympics to be hosted by Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy. (VP)<\/p>\n
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