David Popovici<\/strong> went 47.20 in the 100 free heats for the second swiftest of his young career so far on the second morning of the European Championships<\/strong> in Rome.<\/p>\n The 17-year-old recorded a new championship record as he stopped the clock 0.29 outside Cesar Cielo’<\/strong>s world record of 46.91 set at the same Foro Italico during the shiny-suit circus that was the 2009 World Championships.<\/p>\n It really seems to be a matter of when, not if, he will break Cielo’s mark and there would be a poetic element were he to do that in the same pool where the Brazilian wrote his own entry into the history books as the suits distorted the landscape for years to come.<\/p>\n