David Popovici, qualifying with the first time in the semifinals at 200 m free at the World Natation Championships in Singapore »The race is also today: time and television
Article by Roxana Fleşeru – published Monday, July 28, 2025, 06:30 / Updated Monday, July 28, 2025 06:42
David Popovici (20 years old) debuted at the Singapore World Championships. He ended the series at 200 meters free with the time of 1: 45.43 and qualified in the semifinals. It was the best time of the morning! He will return to the basin today, from 3:08 pm, when he will fight for access to the final!
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200 m free sample semifinals are scheduled Also today, from 3 pm and 15:13television on TVR Sport and on TVR 1 and with real -time information on gsp.ro
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Roxana Fleșeru, the reporter of the Sports Gazette, is in Singapore, from where the best information about the World Natation Championships.
Training at “Lia” in the balloon, Dinamo training, land training, altitude cantonment, “Lia”, questions, awareness, charitable events, national competition, back pain, time with loved ones, escapes, photo shoots, advertising clips, interviews. That's how he briefly showed the year after the Olympic Games to the Singapore World Championships for David Popovici.
In the “City of Lions”, as it is called the metropolis that is also a country, David Popovici has returned to a world competition.
David Popovici, qualified in the semifinals of the 200 m free sample at the Singapore World Championships
Without forcing at all, left on the 6th place before the last length of the basin, David Popovici qualified with the first time in the semifinals of the 200 -meter free sample. Ended the 4 basin lengths in 1: 45.43. Who are the other 15 semifinalists:
- David Popovici (Romania) – 1: 45.43
- Luke Hobson (US) – 1: 45.61
- Matthew Richards (UK) – 1: 45.66
- Gabriel Jett (USA) – 1: 45.91
- Tatsuaya Murasa (Japan) – 1: 45.92
- Flynn Southam (Australia) – 1: 46.00
- Lucas Pierre Henveaux (Belgium) – 1: 46.03
- Sunwoo Hwang (South Korea) – 1: 46.12
- Zhanshuo Zhang (China) – 1: 46,17
- James Guy (UK) – 1: 46,19
- Dimitrios Markos (Greece) – 1: 46.28
- Kamil Sieriedzki (Poland) – 1: 46.31
- Filippo Megli (Italy) – 1.46: 39
- Sander Kjaer Sorensen (Norway) – 1: 46.63
- Evan Bailey (Ireland) – 1: 46.66
- Carlos Dambrosio (Italy) – 1: 46.67
A premiere for the duel of 100 meters free on the first day at Singapore
Five hours away from Romania on the time zone, Singapore is a more suitable competition for the Chinese, who made the cantomanian before in Beijing, where it is the same time, but also for Australians, who are closer than time.
In the middle of summer, Singapore has two seasons during this period, one hot and very wet outside, the humidity reaching 90 percent, and a cold one inside, where the air conditioning goes nonstop.
The first day of the World Championships, held in the WCH Arena, a hall built in six months by Singapore officials in a parking lot, has made confirmations for Summer Mcintosh and Lukas Maertens, which imposing themselves in 400 meters free.
He also brought questions for the “Queen” sample of the swimming, the one of 100 meters free, because in the last exchange of the 4×100 m free staple sample were face to face the Kyle Chalmers and Pan Zhaline, a first fight won by the Australian.
On the second day of the competition, David Popovici was at the beginning in the 200 -meter free race. Starting from July 20 in Romania, the Olympic champion in the titre did not have heated in the big basin, one that the organizers praised as the environment conducive to new world records, but to the one near the main arena.
The Rânul was distributed in the last series, the one with the number 6, scheduled at 11.24, the local time. Before him, in the penultimate series, Matt Richards, the Paris and Pan Zhanle Olympic vice -champion, who aims to find the tactic to be competitive in this test.
1:43, 64It is the best time of the season at 200 meters free, made by David Popovici at Samorin in the U23 championships
Post-Olympic depression is real, and people don't talk enough about it. Everyone is discussing glory, fame, money and recognition that come with the Olympic gold medal, but no one talks about the feeling of empty you feel after you have ever dreamed. After a difficult time, I put my life in order, I slowed down a little and realized that swimming is not everything, which helps me focus on technique and become much better, because I am concentrated
– David Popovici
