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Youngster Popovici, veteran Ledecky take glory in swimming worlds

David Popovici reacts to his gold

BUDAPEST – A teenage prince grabbed his first title, while a veteran queen of swimming reclaimed her throne in the first two finals of the World Championships on Monday in Budapest.

David Popovici, a 17-year-old Romanian, seized the men’s 200m freestyle title in 1min 43.21sec to break the world junior record he set in qualifying.

“My goal was to go as fast as I can,” he said.

Katie Ledecky, who reclaimed the 1,500m women’s freestyle title, finishing almost 15 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer, said her approach was similar.

“I was having a good one, the goal was to just lock into a pace,” she said.

In the women’s 100m backstroke final, American Regan Smith retained her title by edging Canadian…

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