Bitang and Belu are back competing internationally.
British Gymnastics:
The 2008 Olympian and 2010 British Champion Hannah Whelan won the All-around competition of the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Friendly International GB vs. Romania at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Centre with a total of 55.650pts. Second was Daniela Andrei (ROM), 55.600 and third, Raluca Haidu (ROM), 54.900. …
“We have started our preparation for the World Championships in Rotterdam (NED) in June under the new Head coaches Mariana Bitang and Octavian Belu. We have been invited to come here with 7 gymnasts, but arrived with 5, because some of our strong gymnasts are recovering from injuries and others are not ready to compete as yet,” said the Romanian Head of Delegation Mircea Apolzan.
“In fact, the results are not very important for us! What is important at this moment of our preparation for Rotterdam – is the content of the routines; what are the new elements, which our gymnasts have added to their exercise and how consistent they are”. …
It must have been very friendly. Despite not competing in the Team meet, Imogen was put directly into Finals.
(via Couch Gymnast)
… By the way, I love Amanda Turner’s coverage for International Gymnast. But the criticism I’ve often heard that her reporting is deceptive is true in case of this post – Romanian Women Top British Hosts
At first glance you would assume that she got the Romanian quotes herself. … She didn’t.
The external link takes you to the home page of British Gymnastics, not where she got the quote.
If old media are going to “blog”, they need to follow ethical blogging conventions. Fairly and clearly attributing where they got the information.
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