Top Romanian stars join the Glasgow field
14th October 2004by Vera Atkinson
Conformation from the Romanian Gymnastics Federation has been received on Thursday, 14 Oct., that THE star of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Catalina Ponor, Olympic Champion on Beam, Floor and Team, will compete in the Glasgow Grand Prix & World Cup on 29/31 October, at the Kelvin Hall.
She will be joined by "The King of the Pommels" Marius Urzica, 2000 Olympic Champion and 2004 Silver medallist; Marian Dragulescu, former World Champion on Floor and Vault and Urzica’s top rival on Pommels Ioan Silviu Suciu.
Both Urzica and Dragulescu are leaders in the World Cup Ranking List, on Pommels and Vault respectively. All the three Romanian men won a Team Bronze medal in Athens in August.