
David Popovici missed out on qualifying for the 400m freestyle final at the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne.
>> World Short Course Swimming Championships: David Popovici in the final at the distance of 100 meters freestyle – The athlete set a new record
Adrian Radulescu’s student stopped in the heats with a result of 3:58.48 minutes.
The 400-meter freestyle final is scheduled for Thursday at 12:30 p.m., the Romanian Swimming and Modern Pentathlon Federation said.
Instead, David will swim today in the 100m freestyle final at 10:42 (Romanian time). Stay tuned to HotNews.ro for all the details of this final.
Romanian athletes have registered for the WC in short-course swimming
- David Popovich – coach Adrian Redulescu / 100 m, 200 m and 400 m freestyle.
- Robert Glinza – coach Luca Gabrillo / 50 m, 100 m, 200 m backstroke and 100 m freestyle.
- Andrii Angel – coach Marius Grigore / 50 m backstroke and 50 m butterfly.
What you need to know about WC from swimming in short water
The competition in Melbourne will run from December 13 to 18 and has a total prize pool of $2.160 million.
Each athlete who sets a world record (if it happens, of course) will receive a bonus of $25,000.
How will athletes be awarded?
1st place – $10,000
2nd place – $8,000
3rd place – $7,000
4th place – $6,000
5th place – $5,000
6th place – $4,000
7th place – $3000
8th place – $2000.
Source: Hot News

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