ROMANIAN teenager David Popovici hailed his “simple yet so beautiful” win in the Olympic men’s 200m freestyle on Monday after edging out Britain’s Matthew Richards by a fingertip.
The 19-year-old, who burst onto the scene by winning the 100m-200m freestyle double at the 2022 world championships, touched in 1:44.72 ahead of Richards (1:44.74).
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