Golden Relay Double for Britain at Europeans as Marchand Takes Silver
Great Britain’s women and men won the 4x200m freestyle relays, while Leon Marchand earned silver in his first European medal after returning from injury.
- Britain won both the men's and women's 4x200m freestyle relays on Monday at the European Swimming Championships in Paris.
- Returning from injury, French swimmer Leon Marchand secured silver with his team in the men's 4x200m relay.
- Clocking 7 minutes 45.93 seconds, the British women's team of Freya Colbert, Abbie Wood, Leah Schlosshan, and Freya Anderson narrowly missed the continental record.
- Ilia Borodin, 23, a neutral athlete, won gold in the men's individual 4x200m, while British swimmer Max Litchfield secured bronze in 4:11.58.
- Due to a lingering thigh injury, Marchand is limiting his competition schedule this week, though he remains entered in the butterfly and freestyle events.
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Golden relay double for Britain at Europeans as Marchand takes silver
The four-woman British team of Freya Colbert, Abbie Wood, Leah Schlosshan and Freya Anderson crushed their rivals and narrowly missed out on the continental record with their time of 7min 45.93sec. Behind them, the battle for the podium was tight between Hungary, Germany and Russia. Ultimately the Hungarian women took silver in 7:49.09, ahead of Russia, competing under a neutral flag (7:49.13). The German women missed the podium by a hundredth …
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