In recent months, David Popovich has won 10 gold medals, attracting the attention of the world with his incredible results. The Hungarian press is trying to decipher how the Romanian came to dominate world swimming, given that Romania’s swimming infrastructure leaves much to be desired.
At the recent Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, David Popovici won gold in the 100m and 200m freestyle, as well as gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay and silver in the 4x100m medley relay.
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The media from Hungary oppose the results of David Popovic, despite the existing swimming infrastructure in Romania
Nemzeti Sport devoted an article to the “mystery” of Davyd Popovich, Hungarians have not yet understood where the “miracle child” came from.
“The alien in the pool. He is direct, sometimes he can even seem arrogant. His confidence leaves you speechless.
Still, something needs to be deciphered. David is the essence of swimming, but he comes from a country where you can count professional pools on the fingers of one hand.” – National sport.
David Popovici, a message for Romanians after a year in which he took the swimming world by storm
David Popovici, two-time European and world champion in the summer of 2022
David Popovici won two gold medals at the European Swimming Championships in Rome, our athlete was unstoppable in the 100m freestyle and also in the 200m freestyle.
We will remind you that in June of this year, David Popovichi did a double at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, he managed to prove himself at distances of 100 and 200 m free swimming.
During the entire World Swimming Championships, only one athlete managed to win the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events from the same edition.
It happened 49 years ago, and the person celebrating this feat is called Jim Montgomery (USA – he is now 67 years old). That year, the competition was hosted by Belgrade.
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