{"id":507331,"date":"2022-06-22T09:41:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=507331"},"modified":"2022-06-22T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:30:09","slug":"world-championships-david-popovici-adds-100-free-title-in-thrilling-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-david-popovici-adds-100-free-title-in-thrilling-race\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: David Popovici Adds 100 Freestyle Title in Thrilling Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships: David Popovici Adds 100 Free Title in Thrilling Race<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Popovici\u2019s<\/strong> World Championships just keep on getting better, but he had to work hard for the latest piece of hardware Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

The Romanian wunderkind surged on the final 50 meters to claim the 100 freestyle title at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, winning a scintillating race in which the top three finishers were separated by 0.13 seconds.<\/p>\n

Popovici clocked in at 47.58 seconds, behind the 47.13 world junior record he set in semis. It means Cesar Cielo\u2019s<\/strong> world record will survive another day.<\/p>\n

Second was Maxime Grousset<\/strong> of France, who was in the lead for most of the final 50 but was nipped in the final 10 meters by Popovici. Grousset was second in 47.64. Third was Joshua Liendo<\/strong> of Canada in 47.71. The leader at the midway point, it\u2019s the young Canadian\u2019s first senior medal.<\/p>\n