Swimming World Championships: Léon Marchand, the champion whose curiosity constantly drives him to progress
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DECRYPTION - After his quadruple gold at the Paris Games, the Frenchman could have peacefully rested on his laurels. But that's not the kind of house for a swimmer who constantly pushes his limits.
After having " massacred " , to use the words of the DTN of the French Swimming Federation (FFN) Denis Auguin, the world record for the 200m medley, will Léon Marchand do the same on Sunday with the 400m medley? Except that it is not the American Ryan Lochte that he would erase from the records but... himself, since his fabulous exploit at the opening of the World Championships in Fukuoka where he had stuck more than a second and three tenths to the reference time then achieved by Michael Phelps (4'2''50, against 4'3''84 for the American legend). A scenario furiously identical to that of Singapore. Hence this question, stated in the preamble, that everyone has been asking since last Wednesday and the exploit of the 23-year-old Frenchman...
A negative answer seems to be necessary for several reasons. First, unlike the 200m medley where he had clearly announced his intentions during the press conference which preceded the opening of these World Championships ...
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