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The general mayor of Romania’s capital Bucharest, Sorin Oprescu, said Monday hosting the 2020 Olympic Games in Bucharest would attract many investors and the move is backed by citizens.

Romanian judoka Alina Dumitru won the Olympic title at the 48 kilogram category within the Beijing Olympics, bringing the first gold medal for the Romanian delegation in China.

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Saturday attended the presentation ceremony of the Beijing-bound athletes, wishing them good luck for the Olympic Games starting August 8.

The Romanian Olympic Committee announced that Romania will attend the Olympic Games in Beijing unconditionally, a decision made after consultations between Romanian president Traian Basescu and the president of the committee, Octavian Morariu.

Romanian table tennis player Elizabeta Samara qualified, Friday, in the finals of group S in the second round of the pre-Olympics tournament held in Nantes, after defeating Hungary’s Petra Lovas, score 4-3 (11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 12-10), and is one win away from the 2008 Olympics.