Part 1
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In Deva, there is a real factory which brought to Romania plenty of gymnasts. Long ago, our host started working in this factory. This man kept a low profile instead of being in the limelight; he put a hand concerning Romanian gymnastics. Today we’ll go to Nicolae Forminte’s home, the head coach of [...]
[Given the fact that today it is Robert Stanescu's anniversary, we would like to wish him all the best and lots of health!!!! And we would like to celebrate him in our way: by translating into English the interview we had with him a couple of months ago. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBERT!!!!]
Multiple Romanian National and International [...]
Well, this is a difficult question because nobody knows exactly what the situation of the MAG team is. After Nicusor Pascu announced giving up training in Romania because of some personal issues, the Romanian Federation tried to find very fast a solution. The first option was to name the Olympic Champion, Marius Urzica, as head-coach. [...]
first row (from left to right): Ana Porgras, Claudia Voicu, Loredana Sabau, Diana Trenca, Diana Chelaru and Raluca Haidu;
second row: Andreea Span, Gabriela Dragoi, Cerasela Patrascu, Ana Maria Tamirjan, Dana Andrei and Amelia Racea;
Source: Prosport
A few days ago we have read a couple of articles in the Romanian sport newspaper “Prosport” and we thought they might be interesting also for our non-speaking Romanian friends. The news concern Ana Porgras and Anamaria Tamirjan.
From the first article we find out that Ana Porgras has suffered an injury while training on [...]
The Romanian women’s artistic gymnastics, in decline, as well-known, showed in Buzau its best at this moment. The results on paper, the lower technical level, the falls, the nervousness and the tension of the competition have only stressed the idea of crisis, of decline. But the gymnastics fans will surely manage to find some hope [...]
Unfortunatelly, Romanian gymnast Sandra Izbasa injured herself during the first day of training at the Romanian Nationals in Buzau. She had a bad landing on her piked Tsukahara during the floor training. According to Mr. Forminte (interviewed by Prosport), Sandra might have torned or broken her Achiles tendon. |She was urgently sent to the hospital [...]
Former European champion with the Romanian team in 2008, Cerasela Patrascu, is coming back after a difficult period, full of injuries. She is going to compete this weekend in Buzau at the Romanian Nationals.
Last year Cerasela injured her knees after a bad landing during the uneven bars dismount in the qualification round of the EC [...]
About one week to go till the Romanian Nationals in Buzau… Initially planned for September 11th-13th, the competition has been postponed because of a game that the local handball team needed to play in the same arena. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation has made no public announcement regarding the date when the competition would take place, [...]
According to Prosport, the Romanian teams for the Gymnastics World Championships in London this year have been announced this week. Our gymnasts for the women competition will be: two of the members of the Olympic team last year, Sandra Izbasa and Anamaria Tamarjan, together with the new comers, Diana Chelaru and Ana Porgras, as well as the alternate Gabriela Dragoi, [...]
