The Long Course World Championships have started in Fukuoka but the first racing events begin this Sunday, July 23.
Leon Marchand, Florent Manaudou or Charlotte Bonnet will they be able to bring back medals at the World Championships in Fukuoka (Japan)? The tricolor swimmers are finishing the preparations because the first series of races will not start until Sunday July 23rd. For the moment, the large Japanese pool is dedicated to diving, synchronized swimming or water polo. France has also opened its medal counter through Jules Bouyer and Alexis Jandard. The two Frenchmen distinguished themselves on the Japanese facilities in synchronized diving at 3m height. The polo players are in the round of 16 after beating Canada 15-11.
But our best chances of medals obviously remain the new star of the pools: Léon Marchand. On the tracks of Michael Phelps, trained by Bob Bowman, he embodies the renewal within the Blues. He had already shone at the Budapest worlds in 2022 by obtaining three medals, two of which were gold. Florent Manaudou He could take advantage of the absence of Caeleb Dressel to win gold in the 50m butterfly. Charlotte Bonnet will also have her chances and will try to have better than bronze.
Where are the World Swimming Championships held?
Twenty-two years later, the city of Fukuoka in Japan is hosting the World Long Course Swimming Championships.
What is the program for the World Swimming Championships?
During the two weeks of competition, there will be 6 disciplines and 75 events. The races will start on July 23 and end on July 30.
- July 4: opening ceremony
- July 15 – 22: Open water swimming, artistic swimming and diving finals
- 23 – 30 July: sports swimming finals
- July 27 – 28: High Diving Finals
- July 28: final of the women’s water polo tournament
- July 29: final of the men’s water polo tournament and closing ceremony
What TV broadcast for the world swimming championships?
These World Championships in Japan can be followed live on france.tv and France 4 with Alexandre Boyon and Camille Lacourt.
Who are the engaged French?
For the World Championships in Japan, the tricolor delegation is important with 32 French people. Among them, there is Florent Manaudou, Charlotte Bonnet or Léon Marchand who is eagerly awaited.
- David Aubry (1500m nl)
- Max Berg (4x100m relay)
- Clement Bidard (4x100m 4n relay)
- Charlotte Bonnet (200m 4n)
- Pacôme Bricout (800m nl)
- Cyrielle Duhamel (400m 4n)
- Logan Fontaine (400m nl)
- Roman Fuchs (4x200m relay)
- Beryl Gastaldello (4x100m relay)
- Maxime Grousset (50m nl, 100m nl, 100m butterfly)
- Guillaume Guth (4x100m relay)
- Mélanie Hénique (50m nl, 50m butterfly)
- Antoine Herlem (200m backstroke)
- Stanislas Huille (4x100m 4n relay)
- Damien Joly (800m, 1500m)
- Anastasiyaz Kirpichnikova (400m, 800m, 1500m)
- Fantine Lesaffre (200m 4n, 400m 4n)
- Pauline Mahieu (100m backstroke)
- Florent Manaudou (50m nl)
- Antoine Marc (200m breaststroke)
- Léon Marchand (200m breaststroke, 200m nl, 200m butterfly, 200m 4n, 400m 4n)
- Mary-Ambre Moluh (50m backstroke)
- Yohann Ndye-Brouard (100m backstroke)
- Lison Nowackzyk (4x100m relay)
- Analia Pigrée (50m backstroke, 100m backstroke)
- Hadrien Salvan (4x200m relay and 4x100m relay)
- Emma Terebo (200m backstroke)
- Enzo Tesic (4x200m relay nl)
- Mewen Tomac (100m backstroke, 200m backstroke)
- Assia Touati (4x100m relay nl)
- Marie Wattel (50m nl, 100m nl, 100m butterfly)
- Amazigh Yebba (4x200m relay nl)
Like Kylian Mbappé in football or Victor Wembanyama in basketball, Léon Marchand continues to be talked about. He belongs to this young generation of precocious French athletes in performance. At 21, he is already world champion in the 200m medley and the 400m medley. In the 200m butterfly, he is world vice-champion. During the 2023 French Championships in Rennes in June 2023, the Toulousain took gold in the 5 events in which he entered. But the most impressive thing is that he broke a Michael Phelps record in the 200m medley at the Pro Swim Series last April. His adversaries have been warned!
Out of breath? Florent Manaudou has not left an image of a swimmer tired of success in recent weeks. The little brother of Laure Manaudou won gold in her favorite swim, the 50m freestyle. Better, he achieved in Rennes on June 15, the best world performance of the year. Florent Manaudou will arrive in Japan with certainties and once again unshakable confidence. It is the first time that he will swim again during the World Championships in long course. His last appearance in this competition dates back to 2015.