Olympic Games: Florent Manaudou qualifies for Tokyo

Florent Manaudou validated his qualification for the Tokyo Games over 50 m by being the only French swimmer to have managed the time requested at the end of the first Olympic qualifying phase opened since December, Friday in Marseille.

Olympic champion over 50m in London in 2012 and silver medalist in Rio in 2016, Manaudou (30) will be the headliner of French swimming in Tokyo (23 July-8 August).

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