Every new
\nday at the Olympics seems to yield a new medal for the Romanian delegation. On
\nThursday morning, the Romanian men’s pair made up of Ciprian Tudos\u0103 and Marius
\nCozmiuc scooped silver after finishing the race in second place with a time of
\n6.16 minutes. The Romanians were outranked by Martin and Valent Sinkovic of
\nCroatia, who led the race from the beginning. The bronze medal went on Frederic
\nVystavel and Joachim Sutton of Denmark. After the awards ceremony, Criprian Tudos\u0103
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It was a
\nbeautiful and hard race. It was the final. We are very happy with this result,
\nand this Olympic cycle ended well for us, I might say. <\/p>\n
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In turn,
\nMarius Cozmiuc had this to say:<\/p>\n
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We will
\nsee what the future has in store for us. We hope we will do better, and the
\nmen’s four crew as well, and the girls. We hope the whole team gets goods
\nresults.<\/p>\n
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Also on
\nThursday, Ionela Cozmiuc and Gianina Beleag\u0103 ranked 6th in the A
\nfinals of the women’s lightweight double-scull event. Two-time world champions
\nin 2017 and 2018, Ionela and Gianina were out of pace in the race, and failed
\nto secure a medal. On Friday, the women’s eight crew will also compete in the A
\nfinal after setting a new world record in the repechage, 5.52 min<\/p>\n
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utes.
\nUntil then, the men’s pair performance is all the more notable, considering
\nthat Romania’s last medal in men’s rowing dates back to 1992, in Barcelona.
\nBack then, the Romanian men’s four won gold, the men’s eight scooped silver,
\nand the men’s double-scull walked home with bronze. A long period of subpar
\nresults followed, but recently, things have improved significantly,
\nparticularly after the Romanian Rowing Federation brought in a coach from
\nItaly. Antonio Colamonici has been training the men’s rowing team for the last
\nthree years, and the women’s team in the last year. Let us further note that in
\nswimming, David Popovici ranked 7th in the 100-meter freestyle
\nfinal, finishing the race in 48.4 seconds. The gold went to Caeleb Dressel of
\nthe United States, who also set a new Olympic record. Popovici’s best result at
\nTokyo remains his 4th place in the 200-meter freestyle final, when
\nhe came very close to scooping bronze. On Friday, David Popovici will perform
\nin the 50-meter freestyle qualifying round. (VP)<\/p>\n
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