Olatunde runs brilliant PB to make 100m semi-finals
Israel Olatunde ran a scorching personal best of 10.19 seconds to win his men's 100m heat at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Monday morning.
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Hungary's Kristof Milak claims men's 100m butterfly gold in Euros
The 22-year-old Olympic silver medallist pipped Switzerland's Noe Ponti in second place with Poland's Jakub Majerski in third. Milak was in line to beat his own continental record of 49.68sec at the halfway stage before slowing down in the final 50m.
David Popovici, 17, breaks 100m freestyle world record at European championships
By George Ramsay, CNN
Popovici on top of the word after record-setting effort in 100m freestyle
ROME: David Popovici reacted with “euphoria” after swimming the “best race I ever did” to break the men’s 100m freestyle world record at the European Championships in Rome on Saturday.
Romania's Popovici breaks world 100m freestyle record at European championships
Romanian teenager David Popovici set a world record in the 100 metres freestyle to win gold in a time of 46.86 seconds at the European Aquatic Championships in Rome on Saturday, surpassing the mark set 13 years ago in the same pool.
Romanian teen swimmer breaks world mark in men's 100m freestyle at Euro championships
Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world swimming record in the men's 100-metre freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool.
David Popovici breaks world 100m freestyle record at European Championships
The 17-year-old Romanian double world champion swam 46.86sec to slice 0.05sec off the old mark set by Brazilian Cesar Cielo in the same pool at the 2009 World Championships in the era of buoyant body suits. The fastest time in a textile suit had been 46.96 set by American Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel at the 2019 World Championships. Hungary's Kristof Milak was second on Saturday with Italy's Alessandro Miressi third.
Record-breaker David Popovici into Euro freestyle final, Nicolo Martinenghi wins 100m breaststroke
swimming on Friday by easing into the 100 metres freestyle final at the European Swimming Championships with a new European record of 46.98 seconds, while world champion Nicolo Martinenghi won the 100m breaststroke. Teen sensation Popovici looked in fine form earlier on Friday when he easily won his heat and delighted fans by finishing over a second ahead of Italian Lorenzo Zazzeri. Only two other swimmers managed to dip under 48sec, Kristof Milak and Alessandro Miressi in the other semi, but both were some way off 17-year-old Romanian Popovici.