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Under the Sign of the Pandemic
In 2021 Romania
was for the second year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Facing wave after
wave of an epidemic caused by the dreadful virus, the Romanians had no choice
but to comply with the restriction measures imposed by the authorities, which
displeased with a vaccine rollout that didn t go as planned, made decisions
that mainly affected the rights and liberties of those who refused the vaccine.
The low infection rate in summer was followed by another outbreak in autumn
with an increased number of infections and related fatalities. The fourth wave
took a heavy toll on the lives of the Romanians and according to statistics,
the most difficult period since the onset of the pandemic in Romania was
registered in mid-October when ICUs were overwhelmed and Bucharest had to ask
for international assistance. 2021 was also the year of hospital fires, which
killed scores of the infected patients. The first incident took place in Piatra
Nea
Attention-grabbing
in 2021 was, among other things, the retirement of several top-flight Romanian athletes.
Among them, fencer Ana-Maria Popescu, tennis player Horia
Tecau as well as gymnasts Larisa Iordache and Marian Drăgulescu.
For the fifth time
running, in 2021 Ana-Maria Popescu has been designated the world s best epee
fencer. According to the final rankings, Ana-Maria Popescu was again at the top
of the table. In the last confrontation of her career, in early December, Ana Maria
Popescu came in 2nd at the MK Fencing Academy International Epee
Cup, a World Cup stage event held in Dubai. Ana-Maria Popescu made her
retirement public immediately after the contest.
Lovers of fencing
know her as Ana-Maria Branza. She was born on November 26, 1984 in Bucharest. Ana
Maria first compelled recognition when she stepped onto the third step of the
podium at the World Seniors Championships held in 2002 in Lisbon. Ana-Maria was only 18 back then. All hopes were
p