Davyd Popovici (CS Dinamo) won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle at the National Short Course Championships in Otopeni on Sunday.

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Popovichi showed a time of 3:43.00.

Vlad Stefan Stancu (CSA Steaua) finished second with a time of 3:43.76, while Vlad Stefan Mihalake (Aqua Sport Citius Bucharest) finished third with a time of 3:51.84, News.ro reports.

David Popovici won two gold medals in Otopeni, in the 100m freestyle and the 200m freestyle.

At the distance of 100 m in complex swimming, the Dynamite won silver.

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, our athlete was unstoppable in the 100m freestyle and also in the 200m freestyle.

We will remind you that in June of this year, David Popovichi did a double at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, he managed to prove himself at distances of 100 and 200 m free swimming.

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 person celebrating 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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