RRI Sports Club – Romania’s delegation at the 2020 Olympic Games

More athletes have secured qualification to the Tokyo Olympics

Florin Orban, 09.10.2019, 13:45

Marian Dragulescu is now the 50th
athlete to secure qualification to the Olympic Games of 2020. At the World
Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Dragulescu, who will turn 39 on
December 18, managed to qualify to the vault final. Marian Dragulescu will thus
take part for the fifth time in the Olympic Games. He is the holder of three
Olympic medals, all won in Athens in 2004, namely silver in the floor final,
bronze in the team event and bronze in the vault final. Maria Holbura will also
represent Romania in gymnastics after securing qualification in the women’s
all-round event.

Romania has secured its presence in
the Olympic Games in other competitions as well. In rowing a total of 18
athletes will compete in the men’s quad-scull event, the women’s double-scull
lightweight race, the women’s quad-scull race, the men’s coxless pair, the
women’s coxless pair and the men’s double-scull races. Romania’s coxed eight
crew will try to qualify at the rowing championships hosted by Lucerne next
year. In kayak-canoe, the Romanian men’s double-canoe crew will compete in the
1,000-m race.

Romania’s under-21 team has
qualified to the Tokyo Olympics after reaching the semi-finals of the European
Championship hosted this year by Italy and San Marino. This is Romania’s first
participation in the Olympics in football after a 56-year break, which
coincidently was also in Tokyo in 1964.

Five athletes have also secured
qualification in the athletics competition: Florentina Iusco and Alina Rotaru will compete in the long
jump event, Claudia Bobocea will run in the 1,500-m race, Daniela Stanciu has
qualified to the high jump event while Alin Firfirica will compete in discus
throw.

In cycling, only Vlad Dascalu has
qualified to the Olympics in the mountain bike event.

In swimming, Romania will be
represented by Robert Glinta and Daniel Martin, both in the 100-m backstroke
event.

In wrestling, Alina Vuc has secured
qualification after winning silver in the 50-kg category at the World
Championship hosted last month by Kazakhstan.

In shooting, Laura Coman is the
defending European Champion and favorite to win the 10-m air rifle event at the
Tokyo Olympics.

(Translated by V. Palcu)