Baia Mare Rhythmic Gymnasts Win 10 National Titles
Saturday, the gym inside Elementary School No.5 hosted the rhythmic gymnastics Scholastic National Championships. The event was organized by the Maramures County Youth & Sports Department, Baia Mare Sports High School, the RGF and the ROC. Officials in attendance included RGF’s Mariana Apostu and ROC delegate Traian Ilies. More than 50 gymnasts from Resita, Bistrita, Oradea, Iasi, Constanta and Baia Mare lined up for the start of the event. The only noteworthy club to miss the event was CSS Timisoara, currently struggling with financial difficulties. Baia Mare was represented by 21 gymnasts in all the categories, IV (up to 10 years old), III (11-12 years old), II (13, 14), First and Senior (over 14). Head coach Ileana Pantea from the Baia Mare Sports High school led her gymnasts to an amazing medal haul.
4th Category
Carla Waltner won the bronze medal in the ribbon final, and placed second with the team
3rd Category 2nd Category 1st Category Seniors The ROC handed out a sportsmanship award based on the Olympic ideal that “winning means the best will be on top, not that you will win at all cost.” The gymnasts from Oradea won the trophy. The Alina Stoica trophy, named in honor of the retired Baia Mare gymnast, was awarded to gymnast with the best score in the ball final -senior Paula Fechete from Bistrita. Local officials pointed out the numerous talented gymnasts who emerged as potential champions at the event and pleaded with the YSD not to cut funding for school sports clubs. YSD’s decision to cut the scholastic sport budget has met with a wave of disapproval from coaches in all sports, who point out there are fewer children who take up sports to begin with, and reducing the number of clubs would only compound the problem.
Baia Mare’s team, won the event, and swept the all-around medals, with Roxana Virlici, Laura Cupsa, and Diana Calauz finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively
Ball final 1 Roxana Virlici, 2 Diana Calauz, 3 Laura Cupsa
Ribbon final 1 Laura Cupsa, 2 Roxana Virlici, 3 Diana Calauz
Ioana Man placed third in the all-around, hoop final, clubs final and ribbon final
She won the ball final, where teammate Ioana Paul took third place.
Noemi Kollar finished second in the all-around, rope final, and clubs finals. Noemi won the hoop final, and Ramona Bogdan placed second in the same final.
Roxana Corzan won the hoop and clubs finals
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