​Rebecca Diaconescu advanced to the semifinals of the 50-meter backstroke at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima (Peru) on Friday.

Rebecca DiaconescuPhoto: Facebook – FRNM

Our athlete showed the fourth time of the series – 29.56.

Issia Prisekariou withdrew from the same test before the start of the series.

The women’s 50m backstroke semi-finals will be held on Saturday at 02:02 and 02:06 (Romanian time).

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

So far, Romania has won five medals at the World Championships in Lima:

  • silver at the distance of 400 m freestyle among men (Vlad Stanku)
  • gold in the men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay (David Popovici, Alexandra Constantinescu, Stefan Kozma and Patrick Sebastian Dinu)
  • gold at the distance of 200 m freestyle (David Popovichi)
  • silver in the 4×100 m freestyle medley relay (David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Bianca Costea and Rebecca Diaconescu)
  • bronze at the distance of 800 m freestyle (Vlad Stanku).