Sport · Monday, 12 October 2026
Gymnasts from CSM Cluj, exceptional results at national and Balkan championships
At the national championship held in Arad between October 1 and 4, Cluj female athletes collected 17 medals, and at the Balkaniad in Istanbul Romania climbed the podium in team events.

The rhythmic gymnastics section of CSM Cluj club obtained 17 medals at the national championship for Junior II, III and IV categories, held between October 1 and 4 in Arad. The Junior III team took bronze, and the Junior IV team took silver. Maia Metea, in the Junior II category, won all five events she participated in: all-around, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon.
Other athletes also climbed the podium: Izabela Petean (Junior III, 11 years old) obtained silver in all-around, gold in ribbon and silver in rope, Ilinca Petruți (Junior III, 10 years old) gold in all-around, silver in hoop and gold in ribbon, Anastasia Gliga (Junior IV, 8 years old) silver in all-around, bronze in rope and silver in apparatus-less, and Ioana Toma-Petrean silver in rope.
Following these results, seven athletes from CSM Cluj qualified for the Romanian Cup, scheduled for November 1 in Sfântu Gheorghe. Also, Maia Metea, Izabela Petean and Ilinca Petruți were called up by the Romanian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation to the Balkan Championship in Istanbul, where Romania obtained second place by nations, and the pre-junior team, formed by Metea, Petean and Sofia Wurtz (CSS Timișoara), third place. In individual competition, Maia Metea won silver in ball, and Izabela Petean won silver in ribbon, totaling four medals for Cluj gymnasts at the Balkaniad.
Coaches Adriana Gîrbă, Corina Lupu and Magdalena Pintea thanked the club management and the parents of the athletes for the support provided.
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