Six finals in fourth afternoon of the 47th European Junior Swimming Championships at Stadio del Nuoto in Rome.
Simone Cerasuolo got the title in 50 breaststroke. The italian 18-year-old won in 27''29, ahead of two Ukrainians: Rostyslav Kryzhanivs'kyy in 27''75 and Volodymyr Lisovets' in 27''94.
In 100 butterfly bulgarian Josif Miladinov won in 52''00; with him on the podium were portuguese Diogo Matos Ribeiro, silver in 52''54 and british Edward Milderd bronze in 52''72.
French Justine Delmas is the number one in 200 breaststroke. The 16-year-old transalpine won gold medal in 2'25''54, after setting the overall French record in semifinals by 2'25''12; silver went to estonian Eneli Jefimova in 2'28''01 and bronze to russian Elena Bogomolova in 2'28''24.
Then, in 50 backstroke, russian Aleksei Tkachev won in 25''14 followed by polish Ksawery Masiuk, winner of the 100 backstroke, silver in 25''28 and by greek Anastasios Kougkoulos third in 25''63.
200 freestyle showed a high-level final. Hungarian Nikoletta Padar won in 1'59''38, beating british Tamryn Van Selm in 1'59''50 and turkish Beril Boecekler in 1'59''73.
Russia won 4x200 freestyle relay, the last scheduled final. Danil Kosenkov (1'50''96), Maksim Khadanovich (1'50''71), Aleksandr Chiknaikin (1'50''91) and Vladislav Reznichenko (1'48''48) swam in 7'21''06; Silver was won by german team composed by Cedric Buessing (1'51''80), Silas Beth (1'50''30), Kiran Winkler (1'51''33) and Timo Sorgius (1'48''20) in 7'21''63. Third was italian one, with  Lorenzo Galossi (1'50''32), Davide Dalla Costa (1'50''36), Giovanni Gallina (1'52''52) and Matteo Oppioli (1'49''20) in 7'22''66.

POPOVICI KING OF ROME. A star keeps shining at the European Junior Championships in Rome. David Popovici amazed again breaking records. The romanian 16-year-old, who won gold medal in 100 freestyle with a Junior World record (47''30), swam the Junior World record in 200 freestyle semifinals by 1'45''26 too, that is the seventh world time of the year, wiping out korean Sunwoo Hwang's 1'45''92.

OTHER SEMIFINALS. In 200 medley, first time was set by british Katie Shanahan - gold in 400 medley and bronze in 100 backstroke - by 2'14''06. Russian Daria Klepikova was the fastest in 50 butterfly in 26''26. In 50 backstroke and 200 breaststroke best times were set by serbian Nina Stanisavljevic in 28''54 and austrian Luka Mladenovic in 2'13''31.

Podiums of the fourth day

Men's 50m breaststroke
1. Simone Cerasuolo 27''29
2. Rostyslav Kryzhanivs'kyy (Ukr) 27''75
3. Volodymyr Lisovets' (Ukr) 27''94

Men's 100m butterfly
1. Josif Miladinov (Bul) 52''00
2. Diogo Matos Ribeiro (Por) 52''54
3. Edward Mildred (Gbr) 52''72 

Women's 200m breaststroke
1. Justine Delmas (Fra) 2'25''54
2. Eneli Jefimova (Est) 2'28''01
3. Elena Bogomolova (Rus) 2'28''24 

Men's 50m backstroke
1. Aleksei Tkachev (Rus) 25''14
2. Ksawery Masiuk (Pol) 25''28
3. Anastasios Kougkoulos (Gre) 25''63

Women's 200m freestyle
1. Nikoletta Padar (Hun) 1'59''38
2. Tamryn Van Selm (Gbr) 1'59''50
3. Beril Boecekler (Tur) 1'59''73

Men's 4x200 freestyle
1. Russia 7'21''06
Danil Kosenkov 1'50''96, Maksim Khadanovich 1'50''71, Aleksandr Chiknaikin 1'50''91, Vladislav Reznichenko 1'48''48
2. Germany 7'21''63
Cedric Buessing 1'51''80, Silas Beth 1'50''30, Kiran Winkler 1'51''33, Timo Sorgius 1'48''20
3. Italy 7'22''40
Lorenzo Galossi 1'50''32, Davide Dalla Costa 1'50''36, Giovanni Gallina 1'52''52, Matteo Oppioli 1'49''20

Shown below the best results of the fourth day's semi-finals

Men's 200m freestyle
David Popovici 1'45''92 WJ-EJ-CR

Women's 200m medley
Katie Shanahan (Gbr) 2'14''06

Women's 50m butterfly
Daria Klepikova (Rus) 26''27

Women's 50m backstroke
Nina Stanisavljevic (Srb) 28''54

Men's 200m breaststroke
Luka Mladenovic (Aut) 2'13''31

Credit Photo Andrea Masini / DBM