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\nedition of the Olympics Games came to an end. The closing ceremony, hosted by
\nTokyo’s National Stadium, put an end to the first edition in modern era to be
\nheld without spectators. The Covid-19 pandemic seriously disrupted sports competitions,
\nwith many being delayed for one year, which had a major impact on final rankings.
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\nRomanian athletes went to Tokyo, but only four won a medal, three of which in rowing.
\nAncu\u0163a Bodnar and Simona Radi\u015f won the gold in women’s doubles sculls. Mih\u0103i\u0163\u0103
\n\u0162ig\u0103nescu, Mugurel Semciuc, \u015etefan Berariu and Cosmin Pascari won the silver in
\nthe men’s coxless four, while Ciprian Tudos\u0103 and Marius Cozmiuc won the silver
\nin men’s coxless pair. Ana-Maria Popescu (Br\u00e2nz\u0103) won the silver in the women’s \u00e9p\u00e9eindividual competition. After the
\nclosing of the Games, the president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee
\nMihai Covaliu said:<\/p>\n
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\ndefinitely could have won more medals. I’m thinking about swimmer David
\nPopovici who missed out on a medal by just two hundredths of
\na second. <\/em>He has a bright future ahead of him, of course, but it was important
\nfor him to win a medal here in Tokyo, especially because he is very, very young.
\nI’m also thinking about Laura Ilie in shooting. She was also very close to an
\nOlympic final, where I’m sure she could have won a medal. I’m thinking about Alina Vuc and Albert Saritov in
\nwrestling, who could also have hoped to win a medal had they gone past the
\nfirst round. These are all excellent athletes who, unfortunately, did not
\nmanage to overcome their nerves and the pressure of these Olympic Games. Unfortunately,
\nwe only managed to win four medals. The Sports Technical Committee predicted
\nfour to six medals. The federations aimed for much more. They achieved little.
\nI’m not satisfied with these four medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
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\nof the Romanian sports official is understandable. Romania ranked 46th in the
\nteam medal count ranking, a position it shared with Venezuela. It’s true that
\nRomania fared even worse at the Rio Games, in 2016, when it ranked 47th. One explanation
\nfor these poor results is the collapse of certain sports, such as gymnastics,
\nwhere Romania was a world leader for years and which accounts for a third of
\nRomania’s gold medals at the Olympic Games. In Tokyo, no Romanian gymnast
\ncompeted in a single final. To complete the sad picture of Romanian sports, no
\nRomanian weightlifter was able to compete in Tokyo because the Romanian Weightlifting
\nFederation was banned from competition over several violations of antidoping
\nregulations. <\/p>\n
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\nof the Romania’s poor results at the Tokyo Games will surely be analysed in the
\ncoming days. As for fans, they can only hope that things will be better next
\ntime, in Paris, in 2024. (CM)<\/p>\n