Romanian athlete Denis Popescu finished seventh in the 50 metre butterfly on Wednesday evening at the European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 metres) in Lublin, Poland, with a time of 22.43 seconds.
Victory went to Switzerland's Noe Ponti in 21.54 seconds, silver was claimed by Hungary's Szebasztian Szabo in 21.89 seconds while bronze went to France's Maxime Grousset in 21.99 seconds.
On Tuesday, in the heats, Popescu recorded a time of 22.19 seconds, a new national record, a time which would have placed him fifth in the final.
On Wednesday, in the 200 metre freestyle heats, Eric Andries posted the 32nd time (1:44.04) and Patrick Dinu the 35th (1:44.42).
In the men's 1,500 metre freestyle, Theodor Proca finished 12th in the heats (14:37.51), also setting a new national record in the 800 metre freestyle with a time of 7 minutes 43.57 seconds.
Romania participates with eight swimmers at the European Short Course Championships in Lublin between 2 and 7 December: Denis Popescu (50 m, 100 m backstroke, 50 m butterfly), Andrei Proca (400 m, 800 m, 1,500 m freestyle), Danis Volintir (50 m, 100 m breaststroke), Tudor Iordache (50 m, 100 m, 200 m backstroke), Patrick Dinu (50 m, 100 m, 200 m freestyle), Darius Coman (200 m breaststroke, 200 m, 400 m medley), Eric Andries (100 m, 200 m, 400 m freestyle), Daria Asaftei (50 m, 100 m, 200 m breaststroke) accompanied by coaches Viorel Ciobanu, Gabriel Cojocaru, Razvan Florea and Bogdan Stroe.
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