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During his recuperation in the hospital, he saw a television programme about a female channel-swimmer, who Croizon said inspired him. [2] [4] He began a regimen of swimming, training for over five hours per day with the Maritime Gendarmerie, the French marine police, in the sea near La Rochelle. [3]
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 ...
Marchand donned a French swimming cap in the Covid-delayed Tokyo Games, finishing sixth in the 400 individual medley. Marchand insists he's not the same swimmer he was three years ago, having ...
Ledecky will swim in the 4x200-m freestyle relay final on Thursday, before turning her attention to the 800-m free prelims on Friday. The final for that event is set for Saturday. Marchand has the ...
Of course, on Day 2 of swimming, everyone was playing second fiddle to Marchand. La Defense Arena was packed with more than 15,000 fans, many of them with their faces painted in the blue, white ...
Laure Manaudou (French pronunciation: [lɔʁ manodu]; born 9 October 1986) is a retired [1] French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She has held the world record in freestyle events between 200 and 1500 meter. She is the older sister of Florent Manaudou who is also an Olympic gold medalist swimmer.
French swimmer Léon Marchand starts Olympic flame's journey to the Stade de France for the Paris Games closing ceremony; Paris kicks off Olympics closing ceremony after an extraordinary two and a half weeks of sports; Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling
French swimmer Léon Marchand starts Olympic flame's journey to the Stade de France for the Paris Games closing ceremony 08/11/2024 19:07 -0400 SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — French swimmer Léon Marchand starts Olympic flame's journey to the Stade de France for the Paris Games closing ceremony.