Romanian champion David Popovici won two gold medals in Luxembourg at the Euro Meet in the 100m and 200m freestyle events, setting an event record.

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David Popovici set a European record at the distance of 100 meters freestyle

Popovichi set a new competition record at the distance of 100 m freestyle, showing a time of 48 s 01/100. He is followed in the final rating by Portuguese Ribeiro, 48 s, 67/100, and Serbian Andrej Barna, 48 s, 70/100.

David Popovich holds the world record for this test, 46 seconds 86/100, dated August 13, 2022.

On Saturday, David Popovici won the 200 m freestyle with a time of 1 min 46 s 19/100, ahead of Serbian Velimir Stepanovich 1 min 47 s 84/100 and Frenchman Adrian Salvan 1 min 48 s 82/100. , reports Agerpres.

Popovich announced that he will not participate in the World Swimming Championships, which will be held in Doha on February 2-18.