Andrej Barna was eighth under the flag of Serbia, but David Popovici broke the world record!
A sensation was seen in the final of the European Swimming Championship in 100 meters freestyle! A young 17-year-old Romanian swimmer David Popovici broke the world record that had stood for 13 years. The Brazilian Cesar Cjelo held it until now, but the Romanian sensation wrote history!
Popovici took the gold with a time of 46.86 seconds and thus went down in history, followed by the Hungarians who took the medals Christopher Milak who was silver and Italian Alessandro Miresi which was decorated with bronze.
Serbia had a representative in Andrei Barni who finished the competition in eighth place, but Popović also has Serbian roots. He recently confirmed this for “Sport klub”.
“My grandfather’s last name was Popović, and I believe that there must be some connection. That story is quite complicated and I will try to find out the detailsPopovic said then.
Watch how he broke the world record:
Unfortunately Barna was not able to continue swimming like he did in the first 50 meters when he finished third and ended up at the very back.
As for Popovici, he is the greatest talent in world swimming, and although he is only 17, this year he managed to become the world champion in the 100 and 200 meter freestyle races, while he dominated the junior competition and has as many as seven gold medals from the European junior championships. championship.
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