Mihai Tentea and George Iordache force history in the decisive heats of the bobsleigh event at the Olympic Games
Article by Adrian Jitea – Published Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 7:56 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 7:57 p.m.
The Romanian bobbers Mihai Tentea and George Iordache will compete today in heats number 3 and 4 in the bob-2 event at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games. The first part of the competition will start at 20:00, broadcast on TVR Sport and Eurosport 2, with the results in real time on GSP.ro.
Mihai Tentea and George Iordache did exceptionally well in the two heats on Monday. They set the third fastest time in the second, 54.68 seconds, and they climbed to the border of the medals. They will start today in a remarkable 5th place.
Mihai Tentea and George Iordache, decisive legs at Milano Cortina
The first leg will start at 20:00. There will be 26 crews at the start. They will enter the competition in descending order, in positions from yesterday's times.
In the decisive leg, scheduled from 22:05, 20 crews will remain.
- Mihai Tenteaaged 27, is in his third Olympic participation, after Pyeongchang 2018 – 18th place in bob-2 with Nicolae Daroczi and Beijing 2022 – 16th place in bob-2 also with Daroczi and 13th place in bob-4.
- George Iordache (22) is making his Olympic debut.
The first 3 places are occupied by the beans of Germany. Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer lead the provisional hierarchy, followed by Francesco Friedrich/Alexander Schüller and Adam Ammour/Alexander Schaller. In front of the Romanians are the Americans Frankie del Duca and Joshua Williamson.
Even if the chances of medals are very small, the performance of Tentea and Iordache remains a benchmark for Romania.
Top 10 before the decisive legs:
- Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer (Germany) – 1:49.90
- Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schüller (Germany) – 1:50.70 (+0.80)
- Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller (Germany) – 1:51.14 (+1.24)
- Frankie del Duca and Joshua Williamson (USA) – 1:51.24 (+1.34)
- Mihai Tentea and George Iordache (Romania) – 1:51.38 (+1.48)
- Jekabs Kalenda and Matiss Miknis (Latvia) – 1:51.43 (+1.53)
- Michael Vogt and Amadou Ndiaye (Switzerland) – 1:51.49 (+1.59)
- Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrance (Great Britain) – 1:51.54 (+1.64)
- Patrick Baumgartner and Robert Mircea (Italy) – 1:51.58 (+1.68)
- Romain Heindrich and Dorian Hauterville (France) – 1:51.64 (+1.74)
Romania's best bobsled results at the Olympic Games
- Grenoble 1968
- Ion Panțuru, Nicolae Neagoe bob-2 – 3rd place
- Ion Panturu, Petre Hristovici, Gheorghe Maftei, Nicolae Neagoe chapter-4 – 4th place
- Sapporo 1972
- Ion Panțuru, Ion Zangor bob-2 – 5th place
- Ion Panțuru, Ion Zangor, Dumitru Pascu, Dumitru Focșeneanu chapter-4 – 10th place
- Innsbruck 1976
- Dragoș Panaitescu, Paul Neagu, Costel Ionescu, Gheorghe Lixandru chapter-4 – 8th place
- Lake Placid 1980
- Dragoș Panaitescu, Dorel Cristudor, Sandu Mitrofan, Gheorghe Lixandru chapter-4 – 8th place
- Sarajevo 1984
- Dorin Degan, Cornel Popescu, Gheorghe Lixandru, Costel Petrariu chapter-4 – 7th place
