Rome: David Popovic Breaks world record to win gold medal in men’s 100m freestyle European Championship in Rome on Saturday.
The 17-year-old Romanian double world champion swam 46.86 seconds in the same pool at the 2009 World Championships to clock 0.05 seconds over the old mark set by Brazilian Cesar Cielo.
The fastest time in a textile suit was 46.96, set by US Olympic champion Caleb Dressel at the 2019 World Championships.
Hungary’s Christoph Milak finished second on Saturday and Italy’s Alessandro Miresi third.
Popovici entered the final on Friday with a new European record of 46.98s.
Only two other swimmers managed to make the plunge in less than 48 seconds on Friday, Milak and Miresi in the second semi-final, but both were somehow off Popovici.
In June, Popovici became the first man in nearly 50 years to complete the 100-200m freestyle double at the world championships.
In a golden summer, he also won three European junior titles in his hometown of Bucharest.
Another 17-year-old world champion also took home the European gold medal on Saturday.
Italian Benedetta Pilato won the women’s 100m breaststroke in 1:05.97, more than a second-and-a-half outside the world record set by American Lily King in 2017.
Compatriots chase home after Pilate Lisa Angiolini and Lithuania’s Ruta Melyutite, 50m world champion.
Pilato imitated his compatriot Federico Poggio, who won the men’s 200m breaststroke on Friday.
Swedish Veteran Sarah Sjostrom Won the women’s 50m butterfly gold medal for the fifth time in 24.96. The 28-year-old is the only woman in the 50m pool event to go under 25 seconds.
Marie Wattle of France won the silver medal with a score of 25.33 maike de vardo The Netherlands is third at 25.62.
Frenchman Johann Ndoy Brouard won the first final of the evening when he finished the men’s 200m backstroke in 1:55.62s.
Ndoye Brouard had to swim twice in the semi-finals on Friday due to a problem in his starting block and finished qualifying on time in an empty pool.
He defeated Benedek Kovacs of Hungary and England’s in 1:56.03 Luke Greenbank (1:56.15).
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