WATCH: David Popovici Swims 53:48 100m IM, Has 1-Year Winning Streak Broken in Narrow Defeat

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David Popovici dropped more than a second off his best 100 IM time, but it wasn’t quite enough to secure his third national title in as many days at the Romanian Short Course Championships on Saturday.

Daniel Martin (53.41) handed Popovici (53.47) his first individual final defeat in over a year, snapping a 12-race winning streak that dated back to the 2021 FINA World Cup series last October.

Popovici lowered his lifetime best by .17 seconds in prelims with a 54.64 to take the top qualifying spot in an “off” event. The 18-year-old shaved another second off that mark during the evening session, but the 22-year-old Martin also dropped over a second en route to the gold medal. Robert Glinta’s national record of 52.45 sits just about a second out of reach of both Popovic and Martin.

“I wanted to win, but I have to learn to lose from time to time,” Popovici said. “It’s a test I’m new to. I’m not really good at everything. Makes me hungry again… It reminds me that, ‘You see, you’re not really good at everything.'”

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The fact that he was basically a body length behind on the freestyle and still caught up in a 25m is kinda wack

jadebaboolal
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Well, good for David.
He finally tries new styles.
And with his water sense he will conquer a lot of fields one day.
His mind is the limit!

veganioan
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Imagine knowing your on freestyle on im knowing that your a body leg ahead of popvici. That is probably a scary feeling know he's coming

paytonwilliamson
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I couldn’t see the clapping because of the little boxes that came up!😢

coachab
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DP stroke is impressive on the fly, who knew? Tho not as fast as Dressel (yet anyway).
His breast leg could be a lil more efficient imo.

moimeme
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Could he be any slower?! It's only a 100m race, and he's FOUR seconds slower than Dressel.

SilvanaDil