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Léon Marchand (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ maʁʃɑ̃] ⓘ; born 17 May 2002) is a French swimmer.He is the world record holder in the long course 400 metres individual medley and short course 200 metres individual medley; the Olympic record holder in the 200 metres butterfly, the 200 metres breaststroke, the 200 metres individual medley and the 400 metres individual medley; and the French ...
But he ripped past Milak over the last length of the pool, and won in an Olympic record time of 1:51.21. Milak was over a half-second back at 1:51.75 — meaning Marchand beat him by 1.26 seconds ...
Fans watch on a giant screen France's Leon Marchand arriving for the final of the men's 200m individual medley, which he won in Olympic record time. (Photo by Thibaud Moritz/Getty Images) (THIBAUD ...
This, though, was a double at an Olympics. It was a different animal. An unprecedented animal. But so is Marchand. At French trials last month, between the two races, "my vision was blurred," he said.
What might have been a burden to some athletes only seemed to push Marchand to even greater heights. Macron shook Marchand's hand during Friday's celebration and sent his congratulations via social media. “The impossible isn’t French!” Macron wrote in French. “Four home gold medals and a new Olympic record — it’s historic.
Trailing most of the way in the 200 fly, Marchand surged past the Hungarian Milák on the final lap to finish with an Olympic record of 1:51.71, touching first by just by four-hundredths of a second.
France's Leon Marchand celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 400 IM final at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. ... The Olympics hovered on the horizon. Marchand and everyone around him knew ...
Léon Marchand set Olympic records in four individual events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not ...