At the European Kayak-Canoe Championships which ended this weekend in Szeged, Hungary, C\u0103t\u0103lin Chiril\u0103 confirmed he remains one of the favorite Romanian athletes to scoop an Olympic medal. On Saturday, Chiril\u0103 won the final of the single 1000m canoe race, an Olympic event. The Romanian was followed by the Czech Martin Fuksa, who finished the race 244 thousandths of a second later, and Serghei Tarnovschi of the Republic of Moldova, who crossed the finish line almost three seconds behind the winner. The gold won by Chiril\u0103 was the only medal won by the Romanian delegation.<\/p>\n
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At the rowing World Cup held in Poznan, Poland, Romania won only one medal. The women\u2019s four-scull crew, made up of Cristina Drug\u0103, Larisa-Andreea Bogdan, Andreea Popa and Geanina Junc\u0103nariu, won bronze, with New Zealand and Australia ranking first and second, respectively.<\/p>\n
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Romania ranked 4th<\/sup> at the Golden League women’s European volleyball competition, hosted by Ostrava, Czechia. In the semifinals, the Romanian players lost on Saturday to the host country, 3-1. On Sunday, in the bronze final, Belgium defeated Romania 3-0. The competition was won by Sweden, who beat Czechia 3-2 in the final.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Romanian tennis player Cezar Cre\u0163u won the ITF tournament in Oradea, offering 15,000 USD in total prizes. Seeded first, Cre\u0163u lost the final to another Romanian player, Gabi Adrian Boitan, the competition\u2019s third seed, 7-6 6-4.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Swimming Championships continue in Belgrade. This week, the Romanian athletes are expected to take part in the swimming and jumping competitions. The biggest hopes are pinned on David Popovici, the reigning European champion in the 100m and 200m freestyle events. Six Romanian athletes will compete in swimming competitions, and four in jumping events. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At the European Kayak-Canoe Championships which ended this weekend in Szeged, Hungary, C\u0103t\u0103lin Chiril\u0103 confirmed he remains one of the favorite Romanian athletes to scoop an Olympic medal. On Saturday, Chiril\u0103 won the final of the single 1000m canoe race, an Olympic event. The Romanian was followed by the Czech Martin Fuksa, who finished the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":723688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[40946],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-779549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-sports-roundup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n