David Popovici qualifies for the final of the 100 meters freestyle event at the Swimming World Championships. Zhanle Pan misses the final

David Popovici qualifies for the final of the 100 meters freestyle event at the Swimming World Championships. Zhanle Pan misses the final

David Popovici has qualified for the final of the 100-meter freestyle event at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore.

Our athlete reaches the final with the second best time, 46.84.

Incredible, but Zhanle Pan missed out on qualifying for the final after a modest race! The Olympic title holder and world record holder in this event did not make it to the final act.

American Jack Alexy qualified with the best time in the final, 46.81. The third best time went to Egor Kornev, 47.29.

The final will take place on Thursday at 14:30.

"Yes, the coach told me earlier that Pan didn't qualify, right? Yes, I didn't get to see it myself. But, look, he's with Jack Alexy. We already have two people under 47 seconds from the semifinals, which means the freestyle hundred is evolving and we are evolving along with it. And even if that means the competition is more intense, I'm here for it. That's what makes sports beautiful.

I slept for a few hours, as I had to wake up early for this hundred, but they were quality hours, let's say.

If it was a final, maybe I would have accelerated more (note - if he saw Alexy). In the sense that I would have been more ambitious. Probably yes. But we'll have a clear answer tomorrow.

Now I wanted to go fast enough to qualify without any stress. If it was possible and it was possible. And I see that I even slightly exceeded my expectations. I mean, I went with my second best time ever," said David Popovici, according to Golazo.ro.

The young athlete won the bronze at the Olympics last year in the 100-meter freestyle. He is a double European champion in this event, as well as the world champion in 2022.

On Tuesday, David already won the gold medal in the 200-meter freestyle, after an exceptional race.


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