Marchand Tries for European Swim Gold in Unfamiliar Event
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The four-time French Olympic champion won his second continental title in two days on Sunday, this time winning the final of the 400m freestyle. Very auspicious in view of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028.
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dna.frNovice on the distance at this level, Léon Marchand won the final of the 400 m freestyle this Sunday at the European championships in Saint-Denis, before obtaining bronze on the relay 4x100 m 4 swimming.
Marchand tries for European swim gold in unfamiliar event
Marchand has already won gold in the 200m butterfly final at these championships in Paris, and was the fourth-fastest qualifier in the 400m freestyle heats earlier Sunday. "It's tough! It's a 400m crawl, basically. To be fair, I am happy, I swam the race I wanted to. It wasn't easy this morning," Marchand said. Germany's Oliver Klemet was the fastest qualifier in 3min 45.22sec. Marchand is aiming to beat his personal best time for the event of 3…
The four-time Olympic champion won his place in the final of the 400m freestyle at the Paris European Championships, a new challenge for the French swimmer Léon Marchand qualified for the
Arriving in Paris hampered by a thigh muscle injury sustained at the French Championships, the four-time Olympic champion reduced his individual program to just two races: the 200m butterfly, one of his signature events, and the 400m freestyle, a much less common occurrence. In butterfly, he didn't disappoint, taking gold and, in doing so, his first European title, but the 400m freestyle looks more uncertain. "We've done a lot of the 200m butt…
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