{"id":44705,"date":"2022-08-14T02:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T02:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/romanias-david-popovici-breaks-100-meter-freestyle-world-record\/"},"modified":"2022-08-14T02:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T02:21:54","slug":"romanias-david-popovici-breaks-100-meter-freestyle-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/romanias-david-popovici-breaks-100-meter-freestyle-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s David Popovici breaks 100-meter freestyle world record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ROME \u2014 Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world record in the men&#8217;s 100-meter freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool.<\/p>\n<p>Popovici touched in 46.86 seconds at the European championships to top the time of 46.91 set by Brazil&#8217;s C\u00e9sar Cielo at the 2009 world championships, which also were held at Rome&#8217;s historic Foro Italico.<\/p>\n<p>Cielo established his record on July 30, 2009, at the last major international meet to allow rubberized suits.  It stood longer than any record in the event&#8217;s history, going back to 1905.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it belongs to one of the sport&#8217;s budding stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no rush, and I had to be extremely patient about the world record,\u201d Popovici said.  \u201cIt has hurt, but it&#8217;s always worth it and I feel fine right now.  It felt great, and it&#8217;s very special to break this record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cielo still holds the record in the 50 free, which is among eight men&#8217;s long-course standards that remain from the rubber-suit era.  Five of those were set at those supercharged 2009 worlds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><figcaption>Romania&#8217;s David Popovici breaks the world record in the men&#8217;s 100-meter freestyle.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Popovici went out in 22.74 and set the record by going 24.12 on the return lap to easily beat Hungarian butterfly specialist Krist\u00f3f Mil\u00e1k by 0.61.  Italy&#8217;s Alessandro Miressi claimed the bronze in 47.63.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a brilliant race, a joy to swim next to David,\u201d Mil\u00e1k said.  \u201cDavid is a fantastic swimmer, I think the same crazy genius of the freestyle that I am in the butterfly.  It&#8217;s great that his name will hit the headlines for long, long years. \u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/AP22225628590240.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"First placed Romania's David Popovici celebrates on the podium of the men's 100m freestyle final at the European swimming championships, in Rome, Saturday, Aug.  13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23452367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/AP22225628590240.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/AP22225628590240.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/AP22225628590240.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Romania&#8217;s David Popovici celebrates on the podium after winning the men&#8217;s 100-meter freestyle final at the European swimming championships, in Rome.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Andrew Medichini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Popovici&#8217;s emergence sets up a potentially huge showdown at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where American star Caeleb Dressel \u2014 winner of five gold medals at last summer&#8217;s Tokyo Games \u2014 will come in as the reigning gold medalist in the 100 free.<\/p>\n<p>Popovic swept the golds in the 100 and 200 free at this year&#8217;s worlds in Budapest.  He didn&#8217;t get a chance to swim the 100 against Dressel, who dropped out of the event for health reasons before the final.<\/p>\n<p>Mil\u00e1k, the world-record holder in the 200 fly, hopes to also be part of the freestyle mix in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy goal is very clear,\u201d Mil\u00e1k said.  \u201cI just want to reach a level in this event to arrive to Paris 2024 with the capability of swimming a time somewhere very close to 47 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world record in the men&#8217;s 100-meter freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool. Popovici touched in 46.86 seconds at the European championships to top the time of 46.91 set by Brazil&#8217;s C\u00e9sar Cielo &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/romanias-david-popovici-breaks-100-meter-freestyle-world-record\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Romania&#8217;s David Popovici breaks 100-meter freestyle world record<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[17531,307,8337,3740],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45181,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/david-popovici-17-breaks-100m-freestyle-world-record-at-european-championships\/","url_meta":{"origin":44705,"position":0},"title":"David Popovici, 17, breaks 100m freestyle world record at European championships","date":"August 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The 17-year-old broke the previous record, set by Brazilian Cesar Cielo in 2009, by 0.05 seconds as he took gold ahead of Hungary's Kristof Milak and Italy's Alessandro Miressi. 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