Viral! The two words posted by David Popovici, two hours after the historic race in Singapore
Article by Romeo Ene – published Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 16:49 / Updated Tuesday, July 29, 2025 17:00
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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.
The race was not devoid of emotions, after a start not in the force of our athlete, who recovered fabulous for the last 50 meters, finishing the first and conquering the gold medal.
David Popovici wrote two words on social networks after Singapore gold
The champion published a photo on Facebook with the tricolor flag, and the description of the photograph says: “Gold, baby!“
The posting became quickly viral on social networks and in the first 50 minutes he had already collected over 25,000 appreciations and almost 3,000 comments.
The extraordinary success of David Popovici came fixed on the day of the national anthem, “Wake up, Romanian!”, That heard again in a competition of such a major, at Singapore.
For David Popovici is the second world title in the record in the 200 m free, after the one in Budapest (2022). He also has a gold medal at the championships of the world, also from 2022, to 100 m free.
Final 200 -meter sample ranking at Singapore World Cup
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1. David Popovici (Romania) – 1: 43.53
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2. Luke Hobson (US) – 1: 43.84
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3. Murasa Tatsuya (Japan) – 1: 44.54
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4. Sunwoo Hwang (South Korea) – 1: 44.72
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5. Kamil Sieriedzki (Poland) – 1: 45.22
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6. Carlos Dambrosio (Italy) – 1: 45.27
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7. James Guy (UK) – 1.45: 28
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8. Gabriel Jett (US) – 1: 45.92
