Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Drǎgulescu wekutanga kutora chikamu semukuru pamutambo mukuru waive pa1999 World Championships, kwaakaisa wechina muhomwe, masere pakakwirira uye makumi maviri nenhanhatu kwese kwese. 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 bronze pasi pa2002 Europeans uye pa2002 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.