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Photo Courtesy: Andrea Masini \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

Popovici’s time sent the 16-year-old inside Hwang Sunyoo<\/strong>‘s official world junior record of 1:45.92.<\/p>\n

However, the Korean swam 1:44.96 at the national trials and that record has yet to be ratified by FINA.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the time by the Romanian was a championship record and sliced a 0.66 chunk from Yannick Agnel<\/strong>‘s 1:46.58, two years before the Frenchman went on to win Olympic gold in London.<\/p>\n

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Miladinov Flying High; Final-50 Blast Steers Padar To Victory<\/h3>\n
Miladinov split 24.30\/27.70 to stop the clock at 52.00 – 1.07 outside his Bulgarian record of 50.93 from Budapest – for his second title of the meet following his 50 fly gold.<\/p>\n
It was an upgrade on the previous edition in 2019 where he won silver behind Andrei Minakov.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Diogo Matos Ribeiro<\/strong> of Portugal took silver in 52.54 with Britain’s Ed Mildred<\/strong> – second behind Popovici in the 100 free – coming from fifth at halfway to blast 27.80 down the second 50 for third in 52.72.<\/p>\n
Miladinov said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was lucky, I didn’t feel very well in the water. Training is tough but I couldn’t live outside the pool.<\/p>\n
“The organisation of these Championships and this pool are perfect.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Nikoletta Padar<\/strong> of Hungary overhauled long-time leader Tamryn van Selm<\/strong> with a final-50 blast of 29.67 to win the 200 free in 1:59.38.<\/p>\n
Van Selm of Britain was second in 1:59.50 with Turkey’s Beril Boecekler<\/strong> adding bronze in 1:59.73 to the silver she won over 800 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
It was the stuff of legend for Padar who said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI can tell you that this is simply unbelievable! Winning a gold at my first Europeans\u2026 Like a fairytale!<\/p>\n
“I just wanted to travel with the others for 150m then launch a big finish. It worked, I think I surprised everyone, including myself\u2026 Looking at the score-board, it was a real shock and a fantastic feeling!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Justine Delmas<\/strong> dominated the 200 breaststroke to take the title in 2:25.54, 0.42 outside the French record of 2:25.12 on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Victory was hers by almost 2.5secs ahead of Estonian 14-year-old Eneli Jefimova<\/strong> who overhauled Elena Bogomolova<\/strong> on the final 50 to take silver in 2:28.01 with the Russian clocking 2:28.24 for bronze.<\/p>\n
Delmas said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m very happy with my result. It’s not my first international medal, though it’s always a pleasure to stand on the podium.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Aleksei Tkachev<\/strong> won the 50 back in 25.14 ahead of Ksawery Masiuk<\/strong> (25.28) and Anastasios Kougkoulos<\/strong> (25.63).<\/p>\n
Simone Cerasuolo\u00a0<\/strong>added 50 breaststroke gold to the bronze he won over 100 in 27.29 ahead of Ukraine’s Rostyslav Kryzhanivs’kyy <\/b>(27.75) whose countryman Volodymyr Lisovets\u00a0<\/b>shared bronze with Poland’s Bartosz Skora<\/strong> in 27.94.<\/p>\n
Russia<\/strong> won the boys’ 4×200 relay to add to their sprint relay gold in 7:21.06.<\/p>\n
Timo Sorgius<\/strong> swam the fastest leg of the field of 1:48.20 to make up a 0.23 deficit on Italy<\/strong> to propel Germany<\/strong> to second in 7:21.63 with the host nation third in 7:22.40.<\/p>\n
Shanahan Eyeing Medley Double<\/h3>\n
Britain’s Katie Shanahan<\/strong> headed the 200IM in 2:14.06 as she looks to do the medley double.<\/p>\n
Daria Klepikova<\/strong> led the 50 fly in 26.27 and Nina Stanisavljevic\u00a0<\/b>heads the 50 back in 28.54.<\/p>\n
Luka Mladenovic<\/strong> leads the boys’ 200 breaststroke in 2:13.31.<\/p>\n
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