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World file holder Leon Marchand took gold within the 400m particular person medley, whereas Adam Peaty surprisingly received the 100m breaststroke closing.
Leon Marchand received France’s first Olympic gold since 2012, beating all opponents and setting the second-fastest time ever within the 400-meter medley.
The 22-year-old began strongly on Sunday and by no means regarded again, ending in 4 minutes and a couple of.95 seconds, virtually six seconds forward of second-placed Tomoyuki Matsushita of Japan and third-placed American Carson Foster.
Marchand was the massive favourite after breaking Michael Phelps’ 15-year-old world file final yr with an outstanding time of 4:02.50.
His efficiency within the crowded La Protection Area in Paris was a brand new Olympic file.
Defending American champion Chase Kalisz failed to achieve the ultimate and the packed crowd cheered him on. Marchand had a half-body size lead after the primary butterfly.
But it surely was a sensational 100m backstroke that left his rivals behind.
Marchand, skilled by Phelps’ longtime coach Bob Bowman, claimed a victory to turn into the primary French gold medalist for the reason that London Olympics, after they received 4.
On the 2021 Olympic Video games, France received just one swimming medal: silver for Florent Manaudou within the 50-meter freestyle.
Marchand, a five-time world champion, can even swim the 200-meter particular person medley and 200-meter butterfly, additional constructing on his rising popularity.
Frenchman Leon Marchand will compete within the closing of the lads’s 400m medley relay on the 2024 Paris Olympics (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
No three-peat
Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi received gold within the males’s 100m breaststroke on the Paris Olympics, stopping Adam Peaty from claiming his third consecutive victory.
Peaty, who was aiming to turn into the second male swimmer after retired American star Phelps to win the title thrice in a row, received the silver collectively with Nic Fink of the US.
Their time of 59.05 was solely 0.02 seconds slower than Martinenghi’s.
Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi (left) celebrates with Britain’s Adam Peaty (proper) and America’s Nic Fink after profitable the lads’s 100m breaststroke closing (Oli Scarff/AFP)
Workforce USA 1-2 in Girls’s 100m Butterfly
Torri Huske shocked her American teammate and world file holder Gretchen Walsh on Sunday by profitable the gold medal within the ladies’s 100-meter butterfly.
Walsh was first up, however Huske got here again strongly and touched the ball in 55.59 seconds. Walsh got here second in 55.63 seconds and China’s Zhang Yufei took bronze (56.21).
Huske’s victory continued a streak wherein the occasion has gone with no winner since its inaugural run in 1956. Reigning Canadian champion Maggie MacNeil completed fifth.
Silver medalist Gretchen Walsh and gold medalist Torri Huske, each of Workforce USA, stand on the rostrum after the ladies’s 100m butterfly closing (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP)
Marchand wins 400m medley Olympic gold in France, Peaty misses out on triple win in Paris | Information Paris 2024 Olympic Video games
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