​The Romanian 4x100m freestyle medley relay team, which also features David Popovici, advanced to the finals of the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima (Peru) on Thursday.

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David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Bianca Costea and Rebecca Diaconescu finished the race with a series best of 3:31.58.

The final will take place on Friday, from 03:43 (Romanian time).

Also on Thursday, Patrick Sebastian Dinu qualified for the semi-finals at the distance of 50 m freestyle (23.31 – 5th place in the 10th series). Alexandru Constantinescu failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the 50m backstroke (27.21, 7th in the last heat) and Aysia Prisekariou missed out on qualifying in the last action of the 200m backstroke (2:18.25 – 11th in the heat). . .

Romania, an extraordinary result at the Junior World Championship in Lima

Romania has won three medals so far at the World Championships in Lima: silver in the men’s 400m freestyle (Vlad Stancu), gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay (David Popovici, Alexandru Constantinescu, Stefan Cozma and Patrick Sebastian Dinu) and gold 2000 year. m men’s freestyle (David Popovichi).