Romanian star swimmer David Popovici won the gold medal on Thursday, April 10, in the 200m freestyle event at the National Swimming Championships in Otopeni.
Popovici won with a time of 1:45.07, more than 5 seconds ahead of Eric Ștefan Andrieș. Third place was taken by Robert Andrei Badea (1:50.85).
The race was David’s first 200m event since the Olympic Games in Paris, where he finished with a time of 1:44.72 to win the gold medal.
“It’s a very good time. It’s very close to the time I had at the Olympic Games. I had no expectations regarding time, but I swam as fast as I could today. And it was pretty fast,” said Popovici, cited by GSP.ro.
The medal comes just one day after David Popovici won the 50m freestyle event with a time of 21.83 seconds.
“What I achieved yesterday made me even happier, because I really wanted this, to be the first in history to go under 22 seconds in the 50m event, under 47 in the 100, and under 1:43.00 in the 200. And this achievement makes me very happy,” the swimmer said.
(Photo source: Inquam Photos | Colette Rochefort)
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