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Leon Marchand broke an NCAA record to win the 500-yard freestyle at the men’s swimming and diving championships on Thursday night, helping Arizona State move into first place after Day 2 at the ...
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 ...
Leon Marchand repeated as champion in the 400-yard individual medley, and he led Arizona State to its first national relay title at the NCAA men's swimming and diving championships on Friday night.
Marchand had his recovery routine all set: “I'll swim, call my parents, massage and then I'll sleep a lot.” He wound up with the top breaststroke time and was second-fastest in the fly at 1:53.50 almost a second behind world-recordholder Kristóf Milák of Hungary in 1:52.72, all while gliding through the water to the deafening chants of ...
Even Léon Marchand considered it a most difficult day: He swam four races with hardly any time to stop and rest. The French phenom had his 200-meter butterfly semifinal Tuesday night then ...
The 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested March 27–30, 2024 at the 100th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.
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.
He has set and re-set several NCAA records. On Thursday in Indy, ... Leon Marchand of France celebrates winning a gold medal and setting a world record in the 400 IM at the 2023 World Championships.