Romania will be represented by eight athletes at the World Swimming Championships in Doha, but David Popovici will be the most absent from the competition, which will take place from February 2 to 18.

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Five swimmers and three divers will represent Romania at the World Swimming Championships

In October 2023, coach Adrian Redulescu announced this David Popovich will not participate in the World Championship in Dohato focus on the Olympic Games in Paris.

Heads of our delegation Konstantin Popovychcurrent world champion in high jump, and Katelyn Predathe world runners-up, who have already shown they are in great form in Auckland, where the final stage of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Tour was held at the weekend.

CSM Bacău’s Popovici won the King Kahekili Trophy for the first time, while Cătălin Preda (CSA Steaua) finished fourth in the general classification after second place in Auckland.

They will compete in the high jump, which is scheduled for February 13 and 15. Konstantin Popovichi will also line up in the pole vault (10m) as he tries to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Women will represent us on the 10-meter platform Nicoleta Angelica Muscalu (CSŞ Triumph).

Getting into the first 18 would qualify them for the Paris Olympics. At the World Championship in Fukuoka, Konstantin Popovichi was 18th on the team, and Muskala was 25th.

They will compete in swimming trials scheduled for February 11-18 Vlad Stanku (registered at distances of 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m free), Robert Badea (200 and 400 m mixed), Patrick Dean (100 m free), Denis Popescu (100 and 200 m back) and Andrii Angel (50 m back).

Stanka (CSA Steaua), Badia (CSA Steaua), Dina (CSM Constanţa) and Popescu (CSM Olimpia Bucharest) are participating in the senior World Cup in the Olympic pool for the first time. Vlad Stanku (CSA Steaua) has already qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in the 800 and 1500 meter freestyle. Denis Popescu (CSM Olimpia Bucharest) aims to get the Olympic qualification scale.

Andrii Angel (CSM Bucharest) competed at the Fukuoka 2023 World Championships, placing 10th in the 50m backstroke and 34th in the 100m backstroke.

At the last Fukuoka World Championships, David Popovici’s best swimming results were fourth in the 200m freestyle and sixth in the 100m freestyle, the events in which he became world champion in 2022 in Budapest, writes Agerpres.

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