France's Léon Marchand Wins First European Title in Front of Home Crowd • FRANCE 24 English
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After the injury, the difficult renunciation of his queen races, the long wait before the beginning of his individual races, the French prodigy welcomed with even more enthusiasm his very first European sacres.
In the space of thirty minutes, the thousands of fans of the water center of Saint-Denis performed two Marseillaises for individual titles, the only rewards that lacked the already satisfactory balance sheet of the team of France. Gold medal around the neck, a very moved Léon Marchand, despite his four Olympic titles and his seven world titles already acquired, fully appreciated the first continental creek of his illustrious career. "It was too …
On Saturday in Saint-Denis, the two tricolored dorsalists won the gold and bronze medals on 100 m backs at the European swimming championships.
On a memorable evening, Leon Marchand won his first European title, of the week and in career, on the 200 m butterfly where he did not give any chance to the competition. In the wake, 20-year-old Mary-Ambre Moluh was crowned European champion of the 100 m back while Pauline Mahieu took the bronze medal.
Engaged in the 200m butterfly, Léon Marchand won a first continental gold medal, imitated by Mary-Ambre Moluh, who won the 100m back medal at the Saint-Denis Olympic Aquatic Centre.
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