Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whai waahi tuatahi a Drǎgulescu hei kaumatua i tetahi huihuinga nui i te 1999 World Championships, i reira ia i tu ai i te tuawha o te vault, e waru i runga i te pae teitei me te 26th katoa. I te tau kotahi i muri mai ka wini ia i te parahi katoa, he koura i runga i te papa me te hiriwa me te kapa i te 2000 European Championships i Bremen i mua o nga Taakaro o Sydney. Ko tana taenga tuatahi ki nga Taakaro Orimipia i te tau 2000 he mea iti noa iho, ko te tuaono i te papa me te 13 i te katoa. Kaore i roa ka wikitoria e ia te pouri i pa ki a ia i Sydney i nga whakataetae o te ao i Ghent i Belgium i te tau e whai ake nei, i reira ia i tino pai ai, i wikitoria i te koura i runga i te papa me te kouma. I te tau 2002, e toru atu mētara koura i tāpirihia ki tana kohinga i runga i te rua i runga i te vault me te kapa me te parahi i runga i te papa i te 2002 Europeans me te
Ko te Ao 2002. Mo ana whakatutukitanga i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te "Gymnast of the Year Award" (2002) na te International Press Association. I whakawhiwhia ia ki tenei tohu i te 2003 World Championships i Anaheim. I konei i wini ia i te hiriwa i runga i te vault, i tu te tuawha i runga i te papa i te whakamutunga kaore i whakawhiwhia te hiriwa, te tuaono katoa me te tuawha me te roopu.