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Swimming: Léon Marchand just misses world record in dominant 200m IM swim for gold
Right, are we ready for more Marchand Mania?
He’s the top qualifier – unsurprisingly – for the men’s 200m individual medley final. Japan’s Seto Daiya, Great Britain’s Duncan Scott and Tom Dean, USA’s Carson Foster, and defending champion Wang Shun (CHN) are all also in this final.
Listen to that reception for Léon Marchand! “Allez les Bleus” chants mix in with “Léon, Léon”.
Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle. Four lengths of the pool, one of each. The crowd quietens before an almighty roar as they hit the pool.
Marchand and Seto have fast starts as does Wang in six. It’s Wang who turns in the lead but Marchand has made his move on the backstroke.
He’s surged ahead of Wang and the crowd is just getting louder by the second. He turns in the lead at halfway as they go to breaststroke, the crowd yelling “Allez” every time the Frenchman comes up for air.
This is remarkable from Marchand who has more than three-quarters of a body length lead now! He is under world record split!
Marchand has a sprint to the wall for the world record! This crowd wants him to do it! A full body length clear!
Just shy of the world record – by six-hundredths of a second! Léon Marchand wins the 200m IM in 1:54.06 and takes away another Olympic record from Michael Phelps!
Duncan Scott was 1.25 seconds behind and Wang Shun completes the podium.
Marchand gets out of the pool and raises his arms outstretched to his side, taking this crowd in as they start to sing.
That is four gold medals and four Olympic records for France’s golden boy in the pool this week.
Source link : https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/live-updates/8df3fdaf-dfd0-4fd6-a163-0554e8ebfb14
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