Sports roundup
The latest from swimming, athletics, artistic gymnastics and football
Radio România Internațional, 01.07.2024, 13:45
Sports Roundup 01.07.2024
In high-diving world circuit, the Romanian Constantin Popovici won the contest hosted by the Italian town of Polignano a Mare. The athlete coached by Adrian Gavriliu has therefore pulled it off for the second time around as part of the 2024 edition of the competition. We recall Popovici also compelled recognition in the debut stage held on May 25 in Athens. The world circuit’s upcoming stage is scheduled on July 20 in Northern Ireland.
According to the Romanian Athletics Federation, more than 100 athletes will be part of the Romanian delegation for the Olympic Games in Paris. Six Romanian athletes have secured their qualification to the Paris Olympics in the wake of this past weekend’s National Championships held in Cluj-Napoca.
The successful athletes are Andreea Taloş and Diana Ion, in the triple jump event, discus thrower Firfirică, and Alexandru Novac, in the javelin throw event. Joining them are Florentina Iuşco in the long jump and Rareş Toader in the shot-put event. After relocation, the International Athletics Federation will post the final list on July 7. As part of a delegation already counting 101 athletes who will be proving their mettle in 17 sports disciplines, so far Romania has 12 athletics who have booked their ticket for the Paris Olympics.
The Romanian women’s artistic gymnastics lineup for the Paris Olympics has been completed. The gymnasts are Ana Maria Bărbosu, Sabrina Maneca Voinea, Lilia Cosman, Amalia Ghigoarţă and Andreea Preda. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation made public the announcement on Sunday, when the RomGym Trophy was held in Bucharest. The event counted as the last testing competition ahead of the Paris Olympics.
The Romanian national football team has been training for this coming Tuesday’s match against the Netherlands. The match will be hosted by a stadium in Munich and is a round-of-16 fixture as part of the ongoing EURO 2024. In the match against The Netherlands, head-coach Edward Iordanescu cannot rely on left-back Nicusor Bancu, suspended for being yellow-booked too many times.
