David Popovici, the easiest title won in his career. The athlete competes at Nationals for CS Dinamo

David Popovici, the easiest title won in his career. The athlete competes at Nationals for CS Dinamo

Olympic champion David Popovici won the 50-meter freestyle event on Wednesday, on the first day of the National Swimming Championships hosted by the Swimming Sports Complex in Otopeni.

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Popovici (CS Dinamo Bucharest) was timed with a time of 22 sec 02/100, followed by Patrick Sebastian Dinu (CSM Constanța), 22 sec 33/100, and Mihai Gergely (CS Universitatea Cluj), 22 sec 69/100.

CS Dinamo won two titles on the first day, the other being brought by Denis Laurean Popescu (100 m backstroke).

Two more titles were won by CSA Steaua, through Diana Gabriela Stiger (800 m free) and Robert Andrei Badea (200 m mixed), and CSM Pitesti, through Theodora Maria Dumitru (50 m free) and Andrei Theodor Proca (800 m free).

Results of Wednesday’s finals:

FEMALE

200 m medley

1. Iarina Ioana Cojocaru (CSM Corona Brașov) 2:16.63

2. Ana Maria Sibișeanu (CS Cluj University) 2:19.05

3. Maria Alessia Popa (CSM Constanta) 2:21.93

50 m free

1. Theodora Maria Dumitru (CSM Pitesti) 25.63

2. Irina Ana Preda (CS Dinamo Bucharest) 25.77

3. Andreea Luiza Comna (ACS Aqua Sport Citius) 25.84

100 m back

1. Daria Măriuca Silișteanu (CSM Constanța) 59.63

2. Aissia Claudia Prisecariu (CSM Constanța) 1:00.92

3. Ana Rozorea (CS Dinamo Bucharest) 1:03.09

800 m free

1. Diana Gabriela Stiger (CSA Steaua) 8:42.81

2. Rebecca Aimee Diaconescu (CSA Steaua) 8:49.48

3. Ana Maria Borcan (CS Dinamo Bucharest) 9:04.79

MALE

200 m medley

1. Robert Andrei Badea (CSA Steaua) 1:58.86

2. Matei Cristian State (CSA Steaua) 2:01.42

3. Darius Stefan Coman (CSM Corona Brașov) 2:01.60 +2.74

50 m free

1. David Popovici (CS Dinamo Bucharest) 22.02

2. Patrick Sebastian Dinu (CSM Constanta) 22.33

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3. Mihai Gergely (CS Cluj University) 22.69

100 m back

1. Denis Laurean Popescu (CS Dinamo Bucharest) 53.99

2. Alexandru Constantinescu (CS Olimpia Bucharest) 54.59

3. Tudor Andrei Iordache (CSM Constanta) 54.96

800 m free

1. Andrei Theodor Proca (CSM Pitesti) 7:55.80

2. Luca Marinescu (CSA Steaua) 7:59.32

3. Matteo Constantin Mahalu (CSM Pitesti) 8:19.67

4x100m freestyle medley relay

1. CS University of Cluj (Mihai Gergely, Alexandru Richard Szilagyi, Anastasia Maria Bako, Ana Maria Sibișeanu) 3:34.53

2. CSA Steaua (Vlad Stefan Mihalache, Robert Andrei Badea, Rebeca Andreea Craioveanu, Rebecca Aimee Diaconescu) 3:36.25

3. CSM Constanța (Matei Gabriel Silivestru, Maria Alessia Popa, Maya Mihaela Ionescu, Tudor Andrei Iordache) 3:40.39

Adrian Stoica

Adrian Stoica

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