From August 30 to September 4, David Popovici will compete in the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru. Before his debut, the two-time European and world champion among seniors says he wants to feel good, have fun and enjoy the atmosphere of the competition.

At the Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, David Popovich will compete in the 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

David Popovich’s goals at the Lima Junior Swimming Championships: to have fun in the pool and enjoy the competitive atmosphere

“Lima is a very interesting city, and it was a pleasure to visit it. I like the people I met because they are very friendly.

I know Peru will be a great host for this competition. I encourage all swimming enthusiasts to come and enjoy the spectacle that will come with athletes from all over the world.

For this contest, as for most other contests, I did not offer anything specific. The aim is to have fun, enjoy yourself, swim fast and make the most of the great atmosphere.

I rarely think about the past, but I always think about the future. The future is imagination.

The performance in Rome was the fruit of our hard work. We don’t focus on what was, we focus on the potential to go faster.

The future must be approached step by step, brick by brick. There are many technical aspects that need our attention and it is a lot of work. Every now and then we can do something very nice.

Breaking a world record is cool, but the potential to be faster is endless. So why should we limit ourselves when we know we can achieve more?

I think I did everything I wanted to do as a young swimmer, but let’s see what I can do in Lima and maybe I can surprise this week.” – Davyd Popovych.

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WC Junior Lima Swimming – Program of the first day of competition of Romanian athletes

Tuesday

17:58 – 400 m freestyle – Vlad Stanku

19:24 – 100m backstroke – Rebecca Diaconescu

7:26 p.m. – 100 m backstroke – Issia Claudia Prisecariu

19:43 – men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay – Romania (including David Popovici)

Wednesday

02:02 – men’s 400 m freestyle final;

03:03 – women’s 100m backstroke semifinal;

03:21 – the final of the men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay.

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David Popovici, two-time European and world champion in the summer of 2022

David Popovichi won two gold medals at the European Swimming Championships in Rome, and our athlete was unstoppable in the queen’s distance in the 100 m freestyleand also in the fact that 200 m free.

We will remind you that in June of this year David Popovich made a double at the World Swimming Championships, he managed to prove himself in100andtwo hundred m for free

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.