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The silver went to Britain’s Duncan Scott, a body length behind at 1:55.31. ... It’s Leon Marchand.” ... The winning time was an Olympic record of 2:03.73, breaking the mark that Missy ...
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 ...
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.
Leon Marchand, the 22 year-old swimming champion who made Team France proud with four gold medals and one silver at the Paris Olympics, ranks as one of the games’ biggest breakout athletes.
Marchand was under world-record pace on the final turn but faded a bit coming home, touching in 4 minutes, 2.95 seconds — an Olympic record, but just shy of his own world mark of 4:02.50. Marchand claimed that mark at last year’s world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, erasing a record held by Michael Phelps for 15 years.
Marchand was under world-record pace on the final turn but faded a bit coming home, touching in 4 minutes, 2.95 seconds — an Olympic record, but just shy of his own world mark of 4:02.50.
In the men's 100 m breaststroke, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie; [30] in the women's high jump, men's horizontal bar, and women's K-2 500 metres, two bronze medals were awarded due to ties. [31] [32] [33] Key ‡ Changes in medal standings * Host nation
Frenchman Léon Marchand electrified a partisan crowd on Sunday with an Olympic-record time in the 400-meter individual medley, before American Torri Huske and Italian Nicolo Martinenghi also won ...