Radio Romania International
On July 9th 1922, in Alameda, California, Johnny Weissmuller ended the one hundred meter race in less than one minute. Born in Freidorf, close to Timisoara, in western Romania, Weissmuller was to become famous for both his Olympic wins and the part he played in Tarzan, the Ape Man series. After more than 100 years, another swimmer born in Romania broke the record in the one hundred meter race to officially become the fastest swimmer in history. At the European Championships in Rome on August 13th the Romanian David Popovici ended the one hundred meter race in 46 seconds and 86 hundredths beat...
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