Mona McSharry and Shane Ryan progress in heats at European Championships in Rome
Mona McSharry has progressed in the heats of the 200m Breaststroke at the European Swimming Championships in Rome on Sunday morning.
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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.
Romanian swimmer David Popovici, 17, breaks world record in 100 freestyle
ROME — Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world record in the men's 100-meter freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool.
SA golden teen Lara van Niekerk smashes African record in Pietermaritzburg
Pretoria teenager Lara van Niekerk continued her sensational form at the SA Short Course Championships on Saturday, storming to yet another SA and African record in the Pietermaritzburg 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.
Triathlon debutant battles through pain to make European Championship bow
Iona Miller battled through the pain barrier to make her long-awaited European Championship debut. The Scottish triathlon star, 23, came home 36th out of the 41 athletes to finish at Munich's multi-sports European Championships as teammate Non Stanford grabbed a brilliant gold medal in her final international race. Ad Miller has enjoyed considerable success on the junior stage but was thrown into the deep end in Munich against a star-studded field, with Stanford, a World Triathlon Series champion back in 2013, leading the way.
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