After shattering his record in the 400m freestyle, Léon Marchand brilliantly won the 200m butterfly, a discipline in which he is Olympic champion, at the US Open swimming event on Saturday in Austin (Texas, United States).
In the pool where he trains under the orders of Bob Bowman, the Frenchman won in 1 min 52 sec 57, a very solid time for him who had swum in 1 min 51 sec 21 to win gold in Paris in 2024. The second, Ilya Kharun, is more than 3 seconds behind (1:55.71).
Marchand took advantage of the US Open from Thursday to Saturday to string together races, shining in particular in the 400m freestyle, a discipline that he is trying to tame with a view to the Los Angeles Games in 2028. He also tried his hand at the 100m butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke, far from his specialty, he who was world champion in the 200 and 400m medley this summer in Singapore.
McIntosh also shines
The Canadian Summer McIntosh, the Frenchman’s new training partner, also shone over the same distance in 2 min 02 sec 62, the 4th best time in history, less than a second from the world record of the Chinese Liu Zige (2:01.81).
The American Jack Alexy won the 100m freestyle in 47 sec 40, with Simone Manuel winning in 53 sec 33.
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