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The Romanian team consisting of Ionela-Livia Lehaci and Gianina-Elena Beleaga on Saturday won the gold medal in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x) race at 2017 World Rowing Championships at Sarasota-Bradenton. Lehaci and Beleaga clocked in at 06:55.880, surpassing the teams of New Zealand (Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle), 06:56.090 and the US (Emily Schmieg, Michelle […]

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) is celebrating its 111th anniversary today, according to a post on the FRG Facebook page. ”111 Years of Existence! The Romanian Gymnastics Federation has earned its place of honour in the history of Romanian sports while leaving an imprint on gymnastics worldwide. The medals won by generations of champions have […]

The Romanian-Dutch duo Horia Tecau/Jean-Julien Rojer won the men’s double title of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year, after defeating the pairing made up of Spanish Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez, with a score of 6-4, 6-3, in the final that took place on Friday on the Flushing Meadows arenas in New York. […]

Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache has won on Wednesday the gold medal in the floor event of the women’s artistic gymnastics competition of the ongoing 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. Iordache scored 13.800 and outranked Japanese Asuka Teramoto, 13.766 and Russian Lilia Ahaimova, 13.533. Larisa Iordache has already won three medals at the 2017 Summer Universiade […]

Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache on Tuesday won the gold medal at the all-around individual event in the artistic gymnastics competition of the 29th Summer Universiade in Taipei (Taiwan). Larisa Iordache, second after the qualifications, with 55.700 points, ranked first in the finals with a total of 56.750 points, 14,400 at vault, 14,300 at uneven bars, […]

Former world and Olympic gymnastics champion Andreea Raducan was elected on Friday president of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, collecting the votes of 42 of the 43 affiliated members present at the General Electoral Meeting organized at the seat of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Former world and Olympic gymnastics champion Andreea Raducan was elected on Friday president of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation, collecting the votes of 42 of the 43 affiliated members present at the General Electoral Meeting organized at the seat of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Romania’s Simona Halep on Saturday won the 5,439,350-USD Mutua Madrid Open’s women’s singles event, for the second consecutive time, after defeating France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-7 (5) 6-2 in the final. No.3 Halep, 25, WTA’s 8th, who in 2016 had an easy win over Dominika Cibulkova in the final, needed two hours and 44 minutes […]

Europe’s newest men’s floor champion Marian Dragulescu on Sunday said he is proud to have become Romania’s most decorated gymnast of all time as the same day he won his 31st medal, silver in men’s vault event of the 7th European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca. “I have 31 medals now. I am Romania’s most […]

Romanian gymnast Catalina Ponor on Sunday won the gold medal, while her fellow gymnast Larisa Iordache won the bronze medal in the women’s beam final at the 7th European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca. Multiple-time Olympic, world and European championship Ponor, 29, was awarded 14.566 points, while Iordache, 20, got 13.966 points. The silver medal […]