Swimming-Marchand marches on for fourth gold in Paris pool
Leon Marchand fulfilled what French fans may regard as destiny as he swept to a fourth gold medal at his home Paris Games with another dominant victory in the men's 200 metres Individual Medley on Friday.
Roared on by a delirious crowd at La Defense Arena, Marchand took down Michael Phelps's Olympic record from Beijing 2008 with a blistering swim of one minute 54.06 seconds, 0.06 seconds short of Ryan Lochte's world record.
'It was my last individual final so I said to myself, I really have to enjoy it,' Marchand told reporters.
'I had a lot more energy than yesterday so I felt better, more relaxed.
'And I really wanted to have fun in my last final and it happened, so it was huge.'
Reuters
Leon Marchand fulfilled what French fans may regard as destiny as he swept to a fourth gold medal at his home Paris Games with another dominant victory in the men's 200 metres Individual Medley on Friday.
Roared on by a delirious crowd at La Defense Arena, Marchand took down Michael Phelps's Olympic record from Beijing 2008 with a blistering swim of one minute 54.06 seconds, 0.06 seconds short of Ryan Lochte's world record.
'It was my last individual final so I said to myself, I really have to enjoy it,' Marchand told reporters.
'I had a lot more energy than yesterday so I felt better, more relaxed.
'And I really wanted to have fun in my last final and it happened, so it was huge.'
Reuters
Leon Marchand fulfilled what French fans may regard as destiny as he swept to a fourth gold medal at his home Paris Games with another dominant victory in the men's 200 metres Individual Medley on Friday.
Roared on by a delirious crowd at La Defense Arena, Marchand took down Michael Phelps's Olympic record from Beijing 2008 with a blistering swim of one minute 54.06 seconds, 0.06 seconds short of Ryan Lochte's world record.
'It was my last individual final so I said to myself, I really have to enjoy it,' Marchand told reporters.
'I had a lot more energy than yesterday so I felt better, more relaxed.
'And I really wanted to have fun in my last final and it happened, so it was huge.'
Reuters
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Swimming-Marchand marches on for fourth gold in Paris pool
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