Bianca Andreea Costea

Romanian swimming's shooting star David Popovici said today at his return home from Tokyo that at the Olympics he only wanted to scare a bit his US opponents and show them a "trailer" of his accomplishments in the years to come. "I just wanted to scare the Americans a little and show them a trailer of what we have in store for the next few years.

The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR) presented on Sunday evening Team Romania for the Tokyo Olympic Games (July 23 - August 8) which includes 100 athletes - 45 women and 55 in men - who will be competing in 17 sports.

Romania won the silver medals in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay on Tuesday at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Rome, through David Popovici, Mihai Gergely, Stefan Cozma and Patrick Dinu, with time of 3 min 19 sec 93/100. Popovici, a swimmer qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, set a new world record for juniors in the 100 m freestyle, with a time of 47 sec 56/100.