Léon Marchand ends his comeback with three titles and four French records in Shanghai

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Leon Marchand ends his comeback with three titles and four

After his exceptional Olympic Games this summer, Léon Marchand made his comeback this weekend during the short course World Cup stage in Shanghai. With three finals won out of four contested and four French records broken, the Frenchman demonstrated that he had the pace from the start and that he could still gain momentum before the Short Course World Championships in Budapest in December.

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After his victories on Friday and Saturday in the 100m and 200m medley, each time setting a French record – and even a European record for the 200m medley – the four-time Olympic champion of the Paris Olympics won the final. in the 400m medley to score a hat-trick this Sunday, October 20.

“ I had forgotten how much the 400m medley hurt. I think I went too hard on the butterfly. I have to juggle between the nuances of each of my pours and the timing of my races. I’m pushing my body to the limit and it’s been a real challenge to run with all these guys. But that’s why we’re here », declared the Toulouse man after his victory. With a time of 4’00″03, Marchand shattered the French record for the 25m pool distance, established in 2012 by Jérémy Stravius ​​(4’06″85). He won ahead of the Italian Alberto Razzetti and the New Zealander Lewis Clareburt.

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A fourth place in the 200m breaststroke final

For his fourth and final final of the weekend, in the 200m breaststroke, the 22-year-old Frenchman once again proved himself uncompromising with the French records even if this time he remained just off the podium in the final. With a time of 2’02″99, he was beaten by the Australian Joshua Yong, winner in 2’01″67, the Chinese Haiyang Qin and the Dutchman Caspar Corbeau. But Antoine Viquerat’s French record (2’03″33), which dated from 2022, still fell in his wake.

Léon Marchand must now participate in the next two stages of the World Cup in the 25m pool, in Incheon in South Korea from October 24 to 26 then in Singapore from October 31 to November 2. Enough to best prepare for the World Championships in the 25m pool, organized in Budapest from December 10 to 15.

Also readWill the Léon Marchand effect last in the world of French swimming?

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