PARIS : Five-times world champion Leon Marchand is gearing up for the Olympics in style, having completed an impressive 200 metres butterfly and breaststroke double at the French trials on the same day - a feat he hopes to achieve in Paris this summer.The 22-year-old Marchand, who is based in the U.S.
FILE PHOTO: Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships - Swimming - Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A, Fukuoka, Japan - July 30, 2023 France's Leon Marchand in action during the men's 4 x 100m medley relay final REUTERS/Issei Kato/File PhotoPARIS : Five-times world champion Leon Marchand is gearing up for the Olympics in style, having completed an impressive 200 metres butterfly and breaststroke double at the French trials on the same day - a feat he hopes to achieve in Paris this summer.
Less than an hour later, he prevailed in the 200m breaststroke final in two minutes 08.95, 0.55 seconds off his best time this season."I've always liked back-to-back races in intense competitions," said Marchand, who has been training under the guidance of Bob Bowman in the U.S. and has 10 NCAA gold medals to his name.At the Paris Games, the heats and semi-finals for both races will be on July 30, with the finals scheduled for the next day.
"Some adjustments need to be made, we have to be careful," Marchand's French coach Nicolas Castel told sports daily L'Equipe. The one who came closest was American Mary Sears, who in 1956 was bronze medallist in the women’s 100m butterfly and finished seventh in the 200m breaststroke final.
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