In the final of the 4×50 m freestyle relay, Romania took 7th place, and David Popovici said that the “three colors” will try to take revenge in the individual events of the European Short Course Swimming Championship in Otopeni.

>> CE Short course swimming: David Popovici, 7th in the Romanian 4x50m freestyle relay

David Popovich: “We are trying to take revenge in individual events”

Popovichi, Stoika-Konstantin, Gergely and Dina stopped the clock at 1:25.93 and finished seventh in the final of the 4x50m freestyle relay. Great Britain (gold), Italy (silver) and Greece (bronze) rose to the podium.

The four were pleased with their times, saying that just qualifying for the final was an achievement. David and his colleagues will try to achieve better results in individual tests.

David Popovich: “Even if I took 7th place, I had very good competitors. Currently better than us in this very short test. We are trying to take revenge in individual competitions. But the European finalists sound very good. In addition, we also improved our timing, so mission accomplished. It didn’t seem like a difficult race to me. It was short, it was quick… it went really fast and we were good together as a team. I am glad that each of us swam better than in the morning and the final time is better. So that’s all we could have asked for.”

George-Alexandru Stoyka-Konstantin: “Our goal was to improve our morning time, and it looks like we’ve succeeded.”

Mihai Gergely: “We are happy for the experience we got swimming in the European final.”

Patrick-Sebastian Dean: “In this final, we achieved our goal. We want to thank the viewers who came and made us a gallery. It was a very pleasant atmosphere.”

David Popovich’s CE Short Course Swimming program

200 meters freestyle

Evenings – Friday, December 8, 9:40

Semifinals – Friday, December 8, 18:28

The final is Saturday, December 9, 6:06 p.m

100 meters freestyle

Evenings – Saturday, December 9, 10:15

Semi-Finals – Saturday, December 9, 7:31 p.m

The final is Sunday, December 10, 19:08.

Romania Party for CE Swimming in a short pool from Otopeni

WOMAN: Diana Stiger, Ioana Styrbu, Issia Prisekariu, Brigitta Wass, Maisa Ratsiou, Anastasia Bako, Daria Silishtianu

MAN: David Popovichi, Vlad Stancu, Andrey Angel, Patrick Dinu, Darius Coman, Robert Badea, Denis Popescu, Andrey Ungur, Mihai Gergeli, Daniel Nikusan, Vlad Mihalace, Andrey Proka, Nandor Nagy, Aleksandra Stoyka.

Romania will host the 22nd European Junior Short Course Championships from 5 to 10 December 2023 at the Otopeni Sports Complex.