2010 was not a particularly good year in the records of the Romanian National team, nor was it an extremely bad one. But it was not a predictable year either: there were plenty of shocks, extremely happy moments and extremely sad ones. …
So begins a superb summing up by Beatrice Gheorghisor on Couch Gymnast.
I’ve heard similar conclusions from others. … Personally I feel that Romanian fans should be extremely happy with 4th place at Worlds. Romania has such a small base of gymnasts and coaches that they should aspire to beat Texas :), not the massive gymnastics nations of the USA, Russia and China.
… The road from the devastated team in January to the gold medal contender of 2011 was tough. The team has returned with one gold and three bronze medals from Euros 2010 but the entire country did not hesitate to call it one of the biggest failures in history. …
Click through to read that – Romania, 2010: From Deva to Milan
There’s a far better than average discussion thread on IG forum started by jerrylynch that goes into specifics of what Romania needs to compete for an Olympic team medal – ROMANIA: News, Pictures in 2011-part 1
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