Romanian athlete Robert Glinta qualified on Tuesday for the finals of the 50 backstroke event, during the European Short Course Championship (25 m) in Kazan (the Russian Federation), reaching number 6 in the semifinals, with 23 sec 13/100.
Glinta also ranked 6th in the series that took place in the morning, timed at 23 seconds 23/100. The finals are scheduled for Wednesday, 17:35 (Romania's time).
David Popovici and Vlad Stancu missed the qualifiers in the 400 meter freestyle event final. Popovici occupied the 26th place (3:48:19), and Stancu was the 14th. (3:43:99 - national record at 16,17 and 18 years).
Alexandra Dobrin placed the 17th in the 400 meters mixed event series, timed at 4 minutes 42 seconds 84/100.