The week that passed brought Romania three fresh titles in the Paris Olympics. The first was won by swimmer David Popovici in the 200 meter freestyle race who completed his prize closet with a bronze medal that he won on Wednesday in the 100 meter race.<\/p>\n
Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache walked away with gold from the men\u2019s double scull race on Thursday, while Simona Radis and Ancuta Bodnar became silver medalists in the women\u2019s similar race.<\/p>\n
Ioana Vr\u00eenceanu and Roxana Anghel became silver medalists in the women\u2019s coxless pair on Friday and so did Gianina van Groningen and Ionela Cozmiuc in the lightweight women\u2019s double scull race. The third Olympic title was reaped by the Romanian women\u2019s eight on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Hammer thrower, Bianca Ghelber, qualified for the competition\u2019s finals on Sunday. She competed in the qualifiers\u2019 Group A, which she ended in the fifth position with a throw measuring 71 meters and 42 centimeters, the eleventh result of the contest. The best performance belonged to Krista Tervo of Finland, 74 meters and 79 centimeters. The Olympics in Paris have been the fourth edition for the 34 years-old Ghelber, who came sixth in the finals in Tokyo. She ranked 17th<\/sup> in London in 2012 and failed to qualify for the finals in Beijing in 2008.<\/p>\n The competition\u2019s final event is on Tuesday. We recall that athletes from Romania haven\u2019t obtained an Olympic medal since 2008 when Constantina Di\u0163\u0103 got gold in the marathon race.<\/p>\n The latest from football now.<\/p>\n Last weekend saw the matches of the fourth leg of Romania\u2019s Football Superleague.<\/p>\n On Friday, Otelul Galati clinched a 1-0 home win against Hermannstadt, while Dinamo Bucharest, on their own turf, outperformed Gloria Buzau 4-1<\/p>\n On Saturday, Farul Constanta secured a 2-0 home win against Poli Iasi.<\/p>\n Universitatea Craiova ended in a goaless draw their home match against Petrolul Ploie\u015fti, then in a derby of the city of Cluj, Universitatea secured a 3-2 win against CFR. The leg\u2019s last matches are due on Monday when Unirea Slobozia plays UTA Arad and Rapid Bucure\u015fti takes on Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe. FC Boto\u015fani versus FCSB has been postponed.<\/p>\n O\u0163elul presently tops the table with 10 points, followed by Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj, each with 8 points. On Tuesday, FCSB will be playing in the third preliminary round of the Champions League. The Romanians will be up against Czech side Sparta Praga.<\/p>\n (bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The week that passed brought Romania three fresh titles in the Paris Olympics. The first was won by swimmer David Popovici in the 200 meter freestyle race who completed his prize closet with a bronze medal that he won on Wednesday in the 100 meter race. Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache walked away with gold […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":778301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[40647,33332,36441,31331,146596,152494,33934],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-796135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-bianca-ghelber","tag-bronze","tag-david-popovici","tag-gold","tag-hammer-throw","tag-marian-enache-en","tag-swimmer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n