Andrei Rares Toader

The Romanian athlete Catalin Tecuceanu on Tuesday won the 800 m race in the Zagreb competition, the "Boris Hanzekovic" Memorial, a stage of the World Athletics Continental Tour 2021, with a new national record, 1 min 44 sec 93/100. The old record dates from April 9, 1985 and belonged to Petre Dragoescu, timed in Kobe (Japan) in 1 min 45 sec 41/100.

Romania finished fourth in the final medal ranking of the Balkan Athletics Championships 2019 in Pravets, Bulgaria, on Tuesday, with a tally of 18 medals, 5 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals. Ukraine took the first place, 9-4-5, followed by Greece, 6-6-2, and Turkey, 6-3-7. In the men's events, Romania finished second, 4-3-2, behind Ukraine, 7-1-3, and ahead of Turkey, 3-1-5, etc.

Romania won seven medals - two gold, two silver and three bronze - on Monday, the first day of the Balkan Athletics Championships 2019 in Pravets, Bulgaria.

The medal tally of Romania's delegation at the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, on Monday increased by one silver won by Mihaita Novac in the men's javelin throw event for a 73.98-m throw.

The event was won by French Lukas Moutarde (74.48 m), his career best, while the bronze medal went to Hungary's Mark Xaver Schmolcz (71.50 m).

Romanian athlete Andrei Rares Toader has conquered the silver medal in the shot put event at the current edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) taking place in Nanjing (China).