{"id":64498,"date":"2023-08-04T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=64498"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:59:40","slug":"cswc-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/cswc-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"CSWC in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Felix Matei is a reliable slow smoker, to say the least. Last year he broke the Romanian slow smoking record when he became the national champion for the second time in a row, despite a 15 minute penalty. This year he completed the hat-trick, once again while breaking the record, but this time without a penalty. 2 hours 34 minutes and 15 seconds is 16 minutes better than last year. Subtract the penalty and you have almost the same time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHis remarkable feat secured him a place among the top 20 best smokers of the season, further solidifying his reputation as a world-class competitor,\u201d CSWC Head Judge, Marija Marovic, says.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The competition was fierce, with Matei facing a nail-biting showdown against the formidable Matei Victor. Ultimately, it was Felix Matei who prevailed, demonstrating exceptional stamina and a deep understanding of the burning of cigar tobacco. Third position was claimed by the talented Andrei Nitescu.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As an additional international flair to the event, last year\u2019s second runner-up Kamer Alyanakyan from Turkey was back. This time he ended up in fifth place.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">1.<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Felix Matei 2:34:15<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">2.<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Matei Victor 2:05:06<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">3.<\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Andrei Nitescu 1:40:13<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix Matei is a reliable slow smoker, to say the least. Last year he broke the Romanian slow smoking record when he became the national champion for the second time in a row, despite a 15 minute penalty. This year he completed the hat-trick, once again while breaking the record, but this time without a penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":64499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,63,44],"tags":[5366],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64502,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64498\/revisions\/64502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}