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Athletics: Catalin Tecuceanu wins 800 m event in Zagreb, with a new national record

Published by Agerpres on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 09:01

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.

Weight throw: Rares Toader breaks national record, qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

Published by Agerpres on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 09:16

Romanian athlete Rares Andrei Toader broke the national record in weight throw on Sunday, at the international competition in Brno (Czech Republic), with a 21.29m toss that also earned him the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Toader had managed to equal the national record at the beginning of the month (21.06 m), at the National Championship in Cluj-Napoca.