2026 ROMANIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Wednesday, April 22nd – Sunday, Apri 26th
- Otopeni, Romania
- LCM (50m)
- Day 1 Recap/Day 2 Recap
- Live Results
Day three of the 2026 Romanian National Championships unfolded from Otopeni with swimmers vying for European Championships-worthy results to etch their name onto the nation’s roster for Paris.
Robert Badea staked his claim on the men’s 200m fly event, producing a winning effort of 1:57.25 to take the decisive victory.
Splitting 26.19/30.41 (56.60)/30.14/30.51, Badea marked the sole swimmer of the field to clear the 2:01 barrier. His time checked in as a new lifetime best, pairing with the 18-year-old’s new Romanian record of 1:58.86 in the 200m IM established on night one of this competition.
Danis Volontir produced a mark of 27.75 to take the men’s 50m breaststroke as the sole swimmer of the field to dip under the 28-second threshold.
Next to the wall was Patrick Dinu, who notched 28.09, followed by Emil Dancanet‘s effort of 38.15.
Finally, Andri Proca topped the men’s 400m free in a time of 3:51.05, narrowly holding off Luca Marinescu.
Marinescu was relegated to the runner-up status in 3:51.79, although, as consolation, he put up a new Romanian Age Record for 16-year-olds en route to silver.
Eric Andres rounded out the podium in 3:52.81.
On the women’s side, Daria Asaftei reaped gold in the 50m breast in 32.56, as Diana Stiger got the job done in the 400m free in 4:16.34, beating the pack by well over 5 seconds.
Eliza Diamandescu also got on the board, courtesy of the 2:16.72 she logged en route to gold in the women’s 200m fly event.
Daddy 46,96 in relay