Romanian David Popovici placed 4th in the 200 Free and 7th in the 100 Free at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He holds the World Junior Record in the 100 Free (47.30) and is 2nd behind Sun-woo Hwang in the 200 Freestyle with a 1:44.68.  
Popovici was just recently drafted by the New York Breakers of the International Swimming League (ISL). He discusses his decision on swimming in the NCAA vs. the ISL.   
David also walks you through his Olympic races and memories from Tokyo including when he got to meet Brent Hayden. He shares his best and hardest practices and his visualization methods.  
Enjoy!
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00:00 Swimming Sponsors
03:30 Break after Tokyo
06:00 NY Breakers
07:30 Short course swimmer?
09:00 ISL vs. College
10:00 NC State, Cal, Stanford, Texas
10:30 NCAA worth it?
12:25 100 Fly
13:50 Brent Hayden, Caeleb Dressel
15:55 Peaking Twice
17:50 Goal: Swim in Olympic Final
18:00 200 Freestyle
19:00 Fernando Scheffer
19:45 Behind the Blocks Routine
22:20 Lane 1
23:20 Sun-woo Hwang
24:40 Tom Dean
25:34 Warm Up for 200 Free
27:20 Visualization
29:00 200 Free
31:15 100 Free
33:15 Waves
34:00 Riding Miressi's wave
36:30 Bold Plans
36:50 Out in 22 or back in 23
38:30 World Record
39:22 Future Plans
41:00 Favorite Freestyle Drill
42:15 Suck at Kicking
43:15 Hardest Swim Practice Ever
46:50 Worst Stroke
47:25 Favorite Sprint Set
48:30 Times in Practice
50:30 200 Free World Record
51:20 Training Partners
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