ROME: David Popovici reacted with “euphoria” after swimming the “best race I ever did” to break the men’s 100m freestyle world record at the European Championships in Rome on Saturday. “It’s nice being able to say that I am the fastest to ever do it,” Popovici said. The 17-year-old Romanian double world champion swam 46.86sec to slice 0.05sec off the old mark set by Brazilian