Romanian Swimmer David Popovici Wins Third Straight European 100m Freestyle Title
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They took him to the limit, but David Popovici kept the best of his talent for the last meters and revalidated his crown in the 100 free, the queen test of the Europeans of Paris. The Romanian won the Russian Egor Kornev with championship record (46.56) and extended a continental reign that began in Rome 2022 and lasted two years later in Belgrade 2024. Popovici still has to endorse his success in the 200 free. It would be his third consecutive …
The Catalan swimmer again made an Olympic level mark (47m39), but he was not able to beat three swimmers who dropped 47 seconds in the fastest final: Popovici, Kornev and Nemeth.
The 21-year-old Romanian won the 100-metre final this Wednesday at the European Championships in Saint-Denis.
The 18-year-old Spaniard Luca Hoek was fourth in the European Championships, which are held in Paris in the 100 meters free. Hoek threw the second best record ever (47.39), at 13 hundredths of the record he had set on Tuesday in semifinals, but was surpassed by David Popovici (46.56), who broke the world record, Egor Kornev (46.74) and Kristof Milak (46.87).
David Popovici said, on Tuesday, after qualifying in the final of the 100 m free race at the European Championship, it would be a mistake to let the guard down because he swam better than his rival Egor Kornev.
David Popovici qualified in the final of the 100 meter free race at the European Championships in Paris, after recording 46.72 seconds in the semifinal, the best time of the competition. Article David Popovici qualified in the final of the 100 meter free race at the Europeans in Paris. He set a new record of the competition first appeared in Romania TV.
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