Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutora rutivi kwokutanga kwaDragulescu somukuru pane chimwe chiitiko chikuru kwakanga kuri pa1999 World Championships, apo akaisa chechina pabhokisi, masere pabhawa rakakwirira uye 26th yose yakapoteredza. Gore rimwe gare gare akawana bronze yose-yakapoteredza, ndarama pasi uye sirivha nechikwata pa2000 European Championships muBremen pamberi peMitambo yeSydney. Kutanga kwake muMitambo yeOlympic muna 2000 kwakanga kwakaderera, achiuya wechitanhatu pasi uye wechi13 mune zvose-zvakapoteredza. Akakurumidza kukunda kuora mwoyo kwakatambura muSydney pamakwikwi enyika muGhent muBelgium gore rakatevera racho, uko akanga ari muchimiro chakanakisisa, achikunda ndarama pasi nepamusoro. Muna 2002 akawedzera mimwe menduru nhatu dzegoridhe kuunganidzwa kwake mbiri pabhokisi uye nechikwata uye menduru yebhuronzi pasi pa2002 Europeans uye pa
2002 Worlds. Nokuda kwezvaakabudirira akawana "Gymnast of the Year Award" (2002) neInternational Press Association. Akagamuchira mubayiro uyu panguva 2003 World Championships muna Anaheim. Pano akahwina sirivha pakusvetuka, akaiswa pachinzvimbo chechina pasi mumutambo wokupedzisira umo sirivha isina kupiwa, wechitanhatu kumativi ose uye wechina nechikwata.