The World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka will be held from July 14 to 30, and the Romanian delegation includes six athletes, including David Popovici (two-time world champion: 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle).

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The composition of the Romanian national team at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka

Romanian athletes will compete in six disciplines: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, open water swimming and diving.

Jumping into the water

Kostiantyn Popovichi (10 m platform and high diving), Katelin Preda (high diving), Alexandra Avasiloae (1 m and 3 m springboard), Angelica Muscala (10 m platform), Amelie Ferster (1 m and 3 m springboard);

Adrian Gavriliu, Florin Avasiloae, Adrian Cherchiu (coaches), Ludovic Culotta (physiotherapist).

Swimming

David Popovichi (100 m and 200 m freestyle), Andriy Angel (50 m and 100 m backstroke);

Adrian Redulescu, Marius Grigore (coaches), Dragos Luskan (physiotherapist), Marcel Ivan (psychologist), Silviu Anastase and Matei Jurcanianu.

The Romanian delegation is headed by the president of the Romanian Federation of Swimming and Modern Pentathlon, Camelia Potek.

Davyd Popovichi starts at the distances of 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle

David Popovici will compete in two events, he is the reigning world champion in both: 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle.

The 200 m freestyle final will be held on July 25, and the 100 m freestyle final will be held on July 27.

The competition in Japan will be an important rehearsal before the Olympic Games in Paris in the summer of 2024. David has repeatedly stated that he dreams of winning a gold medal for Romania.

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Calendar of the World Swimming Championships in Japan

July 14-22 – diving;

July 23-30 – swimming;

July 25-27 – high diving.

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 in August 2022, our athlete was unstoppable in the 100m freestyle and also in the 200m freestyle.

We will remind you that in June 2022, David Popovich made a double at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, having won the 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle.

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 one who ticks off this feat is called Jim Montgomery (USA – he is now 67 years old). That year, the competition was hosted by Belgrade.