Already the European 100m freestyle champion, David Popovici will compete in the 200m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday at the European Swimming Championships in Rome.

Davyd PopovychPhoto: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP / Profimedia

Popovichi will compete in the sixth heat of the 200m freestyle, with the first heat scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

Oleksandra Viktoritsa Bohdanechi also competes in the 100 m butterfly on Sunday. The start of the series is scheduled for 10:23.

Andriy Mircha Angel is 50 m behind, participating in the series from 10.35.

At 11:02 a free relay series of 4×100 m is scheduled, in which also Romania (David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, George-Alexandru Stoica-Konstantin, Mihai Gergeli) will compete.

In the evening, the semi-finals will be held in the men’s 200 m freestyle, the women’s 100 m butterfly and the final in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.

The races of Romanian swimmers will be broadcast live on TVR1.

David Popovichi, world record in 100 meters freestyle – He won European gold in Rome

David Popovici won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle at the European Swimming Middleweight Championships in Rome. In this race, the Romanian also set a new world record (46.86).​​

The Romanian swimmer was followed by Christoph Milak (47.47) and Alessandro Miressi (47.63).

Romania is represented at the European Championship (August 11-21) by a delegation of 11 athletes led by two-time world champion David Popovici. Romanian athletes compete in swimming, diving and high jumping.