Tag: Rome 2021
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Day 6, Summary
Triple for Tuncel and Popovici, 4 golds for Poland, Russia tops the ranks Just like since 2012, Russia topped the medal charts once again at end of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome and won the Team Trophy too. As for individual brilliance, Turkey’s Merve Tuncel and Romania’s David Popovici added a third gold…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Day 5, Summary
Second titles for Shanahan, Tuncel, Klepikova and Popovici The penultimate day of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome brought more individual glory for the brightest stars of the meet. Britain’s Katie Shanahan completed the IM double among the women, Turkey’s Merve Tuncel added the 1500m title to her 800m crown and she also set…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Day 4, Summary
Miladinov completes fly double, Russia wins two more Josif Miladinov became the first swimmer with two individual titles at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, the Bulgarian won the 100m fly after having come first in the 50m earlier. Russia also continued its golden quest: just like in the previous two days, an…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Day 3, Summary
Popivici storms to the top of the world, two more titles to Turkey and Russia Romania’s David Popovici had one more blast to amaze everyone: his winning time of 47.30 in the men’s 100m free is his second junior WR set here at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome and it also puts him…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Day 2, Summary
Turkey’s Tuncel sets new EJR, Russia claims five medals Turkey went on collecting medals on Day 2 at the European Junior Swimming Championships as they had a 1-2 finish in the women’s 800m free and champion Merve Tuncel could also break the junior European Record. Russia switched to medal-hunting mood and bagged five including two…
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European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Day 1, Summary
Amazing day for Turkey but David Popovici stole the show While Turkey enjoyed its best-ever day at a major age-group swimming event by collecting a gold, a silver and a bronze medal, it was Romania’s David Popovici who had the biggest blast on the opening day of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome. Popovici…
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2021 European Junior Swimming Championships, Rome (ITA) – Preview
Participation record is in sight A record of 48 nations entered for the upcoming edition of the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome. After the lost season in 2020, everyone is keen to send its best young competitors to test themselves at LEN’s top age-group event. The magnificent Foro Italico, site of the 2009 World…