​Bianca Costea reached the final in the 50m freestyle of the World Junior Swimming Championships, showing the second time in the semi-finals in Lima (Peru).

Bianca finished in the first position in the first semi-final (25.43) and was beaten only by the Italian Matilda Biagiotti (25.36 – she swam in the second race).

The 50m freestyle grand final will take place on Monday, September 5, from 03:17 (Romanian time).

Also in the pool at the Wieden Aquatic Center in Lima, Andra Gorecki missed out on qualifying for the 100m butterfly final, clocking 01:03.43 (13th semi-final appearance).

World Junior Swimming Championships: David Popovici and Patrick Sebastian Dinu qualify for Queen’s 100m Freestyle final

Romania, an extraordinary result at the Junior World Championship in Lima

So far, Romania has won five medals at the World Championships in Lima:

• silver at the distance of 400 m freestyle among men (Vlad Stanku)
• gold in the men’s 4×100 m freestyle relay (David Popovici, Alexandra Constantinescu, Stefan Kozma and Patrick Sebastian Dinu)
• gold at the distance of 200 m freestyle (David Popovichi)
• silver in the 4×100 m freestyle medley relay (David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Bianca Costea and Rebecca Diaconescu)
• bronze at the distance of 800 m freestyle (Vlad Stanku).