David Popovici met with Emil Hossu-Longin, one month after the golden medals of Singapore: “He found me”
Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 23:27 / Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025 23:27
Upon returning to the country after the two gold medals conquered in the 100 and 200 meters free samples, David Popovici wanted to mention Emil Hossu-Longin, the commentator whose passion raised and kept their pulse up the millions of Romanians who watched the races from the Singapore's birth World Cup.
“I would like to honor Emil Hossu-Longin for the way they comment on the races-it makes me wonder when I see them-” Well, will I win? What will I do? Will I recover! “ David said, who has now met with the journalist now, as proof of the image that the latter posted on Facebook during the evening on Tuesday.
David Popovici met with Emil Hossu-Longin
“He found me!”, There were the words the journalist wrote along with a photo with David Popovici.
David Popovici and Emil Hossu-Longin
In an interview offered GSP about a month ago, Emil Hossu-Longin told about the “honor” promised by David Popovici, being eager to meet him and tell about what is happening in the basin, respectively in the commentary booth.
Not yet, no. It lasts, he has to take a little vacation. I spoke, gave me a message and it remained that in the future it will happen, when he will have time. (…) I until Paris (no – at Jo from 2024) I did not meet. I was once at a Alexandrion gala in 2020, when he was awarded, being considered a great hope of swimming. He had his shoulders, he was a kid, 16 years old.
I saw him at the gala then, and since then I only saw him in the basin, when I commented on the national championships. I didn't meet him until Paris. There, after finishing the races, through a common friend, whom I asked to intercede, we managed to talk a little. I went to him by the hotel, I took his book. He told me he was a great admirer of Jordan, a thing that I enjoyed very much, and there I started talking a little.
I wait with all my heart to see with him, to talk to him, to tell me and to tell him how it is behind, how to comment on such a success, what a huge joy and what fantastic fulfillment is for a journalist to comment on this, to see him with the tricolor on the back and the gold.
– Emil Hossu-Longin, TVR journalist
