Article by Roxana Fleşeru, Daniel Grigore – published on Saturday, June 28, 2025, 20:08 / Updated on Saturday, June 28, 2025 20:15
David Popovici, 20, obtained the gold medal in the 100 -meter free sample at the European U23 championships. The Romanian swimmer was quite irresistible, stopping the stopwatch at 46.71 seconds, a new European record and the second best time in history on this distance, only under the one succeeded by the Chinese Pan in Paris, in 2024!
David Popovici's masterful performance at the U23 Europeans from Samorin! The swimmer legitimized at CS Dinamo traveled the two basin lengths in just 46.71 seconds, breaking the previous European record in this sample, of 46.86 seconds!
David's time is also the second best in history, beaten only by the non -earthly result Sucked at the 2024 Olympic Games by Chinese Zhanle Pan. The Asian then stopped the stopwatch at 46.40 seconds, lowering 4 tenths under the previous time-record, also held by him.
Imperial David Popovici: The second best time in history at 100 meters free!
David lowered the European record for the first basin, swimming the first 50 meters in 22.73 seconds, with a thousand seconds under the previous peak time.
On the second length of basin was the fastest in history, traveling in 23.98 seconds! The previous record on this piece was 24.12 seconds, coded by David and Zhanle Pan.
Until today, David's best result in the 100 -meter free race was 46.86 seconds, established in 2022 at the European swim championships in Rome.
It is the fourth time that Popovici descends under 47 seconds in the 100 -meter free sample.
Apart from him and Zhanle Pan, only the Brazilian Cielo Filho, the Frenchman Alain Bernard and the American Caleb Dresses have swam the 100 meters in less than 47 seconds!
“Popovici, in stratospheric form”, titled those from Mundo Deportivo about the success of the Romanian swimmer.
