Sports roundup

Florin Orban, 05.07.2021, 11:19

The city of Cluj in western
Romania last weekend saw the country’s International Athletics Championships.
Among the winners there were three athletes who are going to represent Romania
at the Olympics in Tokyo. On Saturday, Alexandru Novac won the javelin throw
event with 75 meters and 22 centimeters while Bianca Ghelber won the hammer
throw contest with a 70 meter and 22 centimeters throw. On Sunday, Florentina
Iusco walked away with gold from the long jump event with 6 meters and 47
centimeters.

Argentina’s rugby team on
Saturday night secured a 24-17 win in a test-match against Romania’s selection,
which inaugurated the Triumphal Arch National Stadium. The Romanian side put up
a good show in their match against the strong Argentinian selection, which
comes 9th in a world ranking.

Eugen Capatina scored a try
and Ionel Melinte converted four penalty shots for Romania. The test game
pitching Romania against Scotland on Saturday, July 10th will no
longer take place due to some Covid-19 infections reported by the Scottish
side, the Romanian Rugby Federation has announced.

Italian cyclist Giovanni
Aleotti on Sunday won the first leg of the Cycling Tour of Sibiu, which covers
a distance of 177 kilometers and 900 meters. Aleotti ended the race in 4 hours,
25 minutes and 14 seconds. His compatriot Fabio Aru came second and Russian
Serghei Cernetski ended the race on the third position. The first Romanian to complete
the race was Emil Dima, who came in the 44th position, 4 minutes and
10 seconds after the winner.

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