Freshly crowned 100m freestyle world champion, Romanian David Popovici, declared on Thursday immediately after his race to victory at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore that he is capable of getting ahead of the field if he manages to build imaginary walls that isolate him in his lane."In a few words, I am really happy to be here. It is as simple as that. With regards to the race, I think the one who wins is the one who can detach themselves from their competitors. So I managed to build walls between each of my lanes and imagined I was swimming alone," Popovici told the press."I improved my underwater the most from last year and what I did differently in the 200 and the 100 especially was the length of the stroke. These are boring, nerdy facts for swimmers, but for me it works," Popovici went on to say.20-year-old David Popovici won on Thursday the gold medal in the 100m freestyle event of the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, with a time of 46.51, the second-fastest ever.The Romanian swimmer, who also claimed the 200m freestyle world gold, set a new competition record and a new European record in the 100m race. He was just 0.11 off the 46.40 world record set by China's Pan Zhanle in the Olympic final last year.This is Popovici's second world title in 100m freestyle, after the one obtained in 2022 in Budapest; he also holds two European titles (2022, 2024).The silver medal in the 100m freestyle went to American Jack Alexy (46.92), who pulled off the best time in the semifinals, while Australian Kyle Chalmers took home the bronze (47.17). (Photo:https://www.facebook.com/)
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