Romanian table tennis players Eduard Ionescu and Darius Movileanu brought Romania its first medal at the Summer University Games - FISU 2025, in the Rhine-Ruhr region (Germany), bronze in the men's doubles event, after losing the semifinal to the Japanese Shunsuke Okano/Yuma Tanigaki, 1-4 (5-11, 5-11, 11-9, 5-11, 7-11).
In the quarterfinals, Ionescu and Movileanu defeated the French Vincent Picard/Bastien Rembert 4-2 (7-11, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-9, 12-10).
Eduard Ionescu secured a medal in the men's singles, as she is set to play in the semifinals against Russian Vladimir Sidorenko. Ionescu defeated Polish Dawid Michna, 4-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8), in the round of 16, and in the quarterfinals he defeated American Sid Naresh, 4-1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 15-13, 11-4).
Romania is participating in the Universiade in Germany with a delegation of 78 people, including 64 athletes, in 9 disciplines: athletics (women's), basketball (women's, men's), rhythmic gymnastics, swimming (women's, men's), judo (women's, men's), beach volleyball (women's, men's), taekwondo (women's, men's), archery (women's, men's), table tennis (women's, men's).
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