The Winners: Popovici Delivers On Promise With No 'Pressure' From Parents
In 12 articles, we take a look at where gold was grabbed and just missed among nations with at least one golden grab before an overview of a distinct shift in traditional patterns in the pool. No12 - Romania
Courtesy of David Popovici and his coach Adrian Radulescu, not to mention the swimmer's parents ad the approach writ large in the letter below translated from the original published in a home newspaper, Romania claimed gold and bronze in the pool.
Any the foot of this file, for subscribes, an archive article added to the SOS+ library. It's from the European Championships in Rome 2022, the season that witnessed a 46.86 World record and a sub-1:43 200m freestyle. From a couple of interviews, a ton of insight.
What Popovici and coach Radulescu said back in 2022 resonates not only with his performances in Paris but what the swimmer's father, Mihai Popovici, had to tell Sport in Romania's Dumitru Graur after his son had an Olympic gold medal in his pantheon.
Paris 2024:
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A stirring note every parent could benefit from - by Mihai Popovici - follows... plus, our archive of insight into Popovici's development
Next in the series - No11 and No 10: Germany and Ireland ... after the marathons are done, with nations having podium chances in the 10km races on August 8-9.