Swimming worlds: "There is heavy, you will have to be strong", the double challenge of Léon Marchand

The nights follow one another and look alike for Léon Marchand.

That from Monday to Tuesday was no more restorative than the previous two, where he was replaying the film of his triumph in the 400m medley.

As a result, the 20-year-old from Toulouse ended his awakening in the water during the series of the 200m medley where he achieved the 8th time (1′58′'70).

“Monday evening it was a bit complicated because I finished late, I had a doping control, explains the new tricolor hero.

I didn't have a good night, so I wanted to wake up at the first hundred meters.

I wanted to do 1′58 that's what I did so it's going pretty well.

I relax a bit after 150m because I know I'm in front, that the objective was just to qualify and that this afternoon, it's heavy.

You will have to be strong.

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Léon MARCHAND is the 8th fastest in the series of the 200m medley in 1:58.70.

Qualified for the semi-finals 💪🏼🇫🇷

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At 6:54 p.m., Marchand will be aiming for a podium in the 200m butterfly final, which he starts with the 4th qualifying time.

Three quarters of an hour later, he will have to dive again to secure his place in the rollercoaster of the 200m medley.

"I'm going to prepare everything for the 200 pap, I'm going to get out of the water, I'm going to hurry to recover for 10 to 15 minutes, Bob

will make sure of it, he anticipates .

I think I'll keep the same wetsuit, it will be wet but that's okay and I'll concentrate on the 200m medley.

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Maxime Grousset 5th time in the series of the 100m NL

The Habs pretend to omit a small detail.

He may have to make a ceremonial detour to get a medal before diving back in… “We'll see, because I'm not sure about that,” he smiles.

The sequence will be difficult but I have already done the European Junior Championships or NCAA

or it was much more complicated… ”

🇬🇧 Maxime Grousset qualifies for the semi-finals in the 100m freestyle by taking 2nd place in his series behind Caeleb Dressel 👏

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Maxime Grousset, he dived over 100 m NL.

The Insep sprinter took 4th place in the queen distance at the Tokyo Olympics.

For his entry into the running, the New Caledonian swam alongside a certain Caeleb Dressel.

“It motivates, but oddly he did not leave, explains the pupil of Michel Chrétien.

I think it was a strategy on his part.

But it was fine.

I swam well, I was calm, I even let myself be distracted by the fact that I was well ahead.

So in the end, it was a bit hard…”

Grousset took the 5th time in the series (48′'17), dominated by the Romanian phenomenon David Popovici (47′'60), 17, already titled in the 200m NL.

See you Tuesday at 6:26 p.m. for the semi-finals… Two other French people will be entered in the final: Charlotte Bonnet in the 200m NL and Damien Joly in the 800m.