David Popovici qualified for the 100m freestyle final at the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne and the Romanian athlete was praised by the press after setting a new world record.
David Popovici completed the semi-final race in 45.91 seconds, and the Romanian set a new junior world record. Despite the fact that he has already turned 18 years old, the results obtained this year are also counted in juniors.
David Popovich, famous in the American press
After his performance in the semifinals of the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne, the Americans devoted an entire article to the “shark” on SwimSwam.com, who by 20 hundredths surpassed the Russian Kliment Kolesnikov, who until Wednesday held the juniors. the world record at this distance (46.11 seconds), set in 2018 at the competition in St. Petersburg.
“Romanian sprint star David Popovici broke the junior world record in the 100m freestyle in the semi-finals of the World Short Course Championships with a time of 45.91.
Popovich, 18, broke the previous world junior record set by Russian Klyment Kolesnikov in 2018 – 46.11 at the Salnikov Cup in St. Petersburg.
Popovich’s strategy today highlighted his blistering speed in the second half of the race, swimming the last 50m in 23.51s, compared to Kolesnikov’s 23.81s when he set the record.
This is the second Romanian national record set by Popovici today.
In the heats, he already broke his own national record, finishing the race in 46.15 seconds. This result brought Popovich a little closer to the world record for a short distance.
He already holds the world record for the 100m freestyle in the Olympic pool, which he broke at the European Championships in August.
But he still has a long way to go to match Kyle Chalmers’ world short course record of 44.84s.” – they wrote.
In the grand final, scheduled for Thursday at 10:42 a.m., David Popovici will battle Jordan Crooks, Maxime Grusset, Kyle Chalmers, Alessandro Miressi, Thomas Ceccone, Pan Jeanlet and Tom Dean.
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The program of the Romanians at the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Melbourne
Thursday – December 15
2:23 – Andrii Angel – 50 meters backstroke
2:25 – Robert Glinza – 50 meter backstroke
3:36 – David Popovich – 400 meter freestyle
Sunday – December 18
2:33 – David Popovich – 200 meter freestyle
Source: Hot News
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