Swimming: David Popovici wins two gold medals at Euro Meet in Luxembourg

Swimming: David Popovici wins two gold medals at Euro Meet in Luxembourg

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Romanian swimmer David Popovici won gold medals in the 100 and 200 m freestyle events at the international Euro Meet in Luxembourg. CE Report quoting Agerpres

Popovici set a new competition record in the 100 m freestyle with a timing of 48 sec 01/100. He was followed in the final ranking by Portugal's Ribeiro, 48 sec 67/100, and Serbia's Andrej Barna, 48 sec 70/100.

David Popovici has been holding the world record in this event, 46 sec 86/100, since 13 August 2022.

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