Rebecca Diaconescu finished 4th in the 50m backstroke final at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru.

Rebecca DiaconescuPhoto: Facebook – FRNM

The Romanian finished the final with a time of 28.94 seconds, not far from the podium (00.01 seconds).

The test platform looked like this:

1. Lora Komorotsi (Hungary) – 28.51 s

2. Aimee Nagaoka (Japan) – 28.70 s

3. Sarah Curtis (Italy) – 28.93 s.

Also last night, Bianca Costea qualified for the 50m freestyle final with a second time of 25.43, while Andra Gorecki stopped in the 100m butterfly semi-final, placing 13th.

David Popovich in the final of the 100-meter freestyle at the Junior Swimming Championships

David Popovici reached the final of the 100m freestyle at the World Junior Swimming Championships on Saturday, becoming the fastest swimmer (48.17) in the semi-finals of the event in Lima, Peru.

Patrick Sebastien Dinou also made it to the last action, after our athlete finished second in the first semi-final (50.22 – fifth time overall).

The 100m freestyle grand final will take place on Monday, September 5, from 02:02 (Romanian time).

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