​David Popovich reached the semifinals of the 200-meter freestyle at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka (Japan). The Romanian athlete showed the third best time of the series, which took place on Monday morning.

David finished 2nd in the last heat (8th) after 1:45.86.

Our swimmer was surpassed only by the British Matthew Richards (1:45.82).

The best time in the qualification belonged to the American Luke Hobson (1:45.69).

The semi-finals will also take place on Monday at 15:11. The final is scheduled for Tuesday, from 14:02.

Also on Monday, Andriy Angel missed qualification in the semi-finals at the distance of 100 m backstroke, showing the 34th time of the series (55.77).

Know:

• David Popovic’s races will be on LiveBlog on HotNews.ro and live on the AntenaPlay platform (for a fee, €7.99 monthly subscription).

Qualified athletes in the 200m freestyle semi-finals at the Fukuoka World Swimming Championships

Photo source: World Aquatics capture

David Popovici, 200m and 100m freestyle at the Fukuoka Swimming Championships

David Popovichi and 200 m freestyle from the Swimming Championships

July 24 / Evenings / 1:45:86

July 24 / Semi-final / 15:11 or 15:17

July 25 / Final / 14:02

David Popovici and the 100m freestyle from the Swimming Championships

July 26 / Evening / time 05:13

July 26 / Semi-final / 14:26 or 14:30

July 27 / Final / 14:21

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David Popovici, two-time European and world champion in the summer of 2022

David Popovici won two gold medals at the European Swimming Championships in Rome in August 2022, our athlete was unstoppable in the 100m freestyle and also in the 200m freestyle.

We will remind you that in June 2022, David Popovich made a double at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, having won the 100 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle.

During the entire World Swimming Championships, only one athlete managed to win the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events from the same edition.

It happened 49 years ago, and the one who ticks off this feat is called Jim Montgomery (USA – he is now 67 years old). That year, the competition was hosted by Belgrade.

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