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Straits Times
14 hours ago
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Olympic champion Leon Marchand to focus on medleys at World Aquatics C'ships in Singapore
Find out what's new on ST website and app. Leon Marchand competing in the men's 400m individual medley at Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Centre on May 2. – French swimmer Leon Marchand has a clear objective for his World Aquatics Championships campaign in Singapore next week. In a bid to break the 200m medley world record, the 23-year-old will be skipping two of the four events which he won at the 2024 Olympics, his club president in Toulouse announced on July 21. Marchand was one of the standout stars of the Paris Games where he claimed gold in the 200m breaststroke and 200m butterfly, as well the 200m and 400m individual medleys. However, he is now set to focus purely on the medley events. 'He won't be doing the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke,' Michel Coloma of the Dauphins du TOEC club told AFP. 'He wants to see what happens in the 200m medley, without having any other races on his plate.' Nicolas Castel, Marchand's coach at Dauphins, told Franceinfo Sport: 'It's a choice we made because we're in a post-Olympic year, and he's never had the opportunity to perform a 200m medley without having a race before or after the same day. 'He wanted to try this isolated 200m medley and see what he is capable of. Now, the main idea is to test this race without anything around it.' Marchand is already the world record holder for the 400m medley, having snatched it from American legend Michael Phelps in 2023, but he now wants a crack at Ryan Lochte's 2011 record of 1min 54.00sec for the 200m medley. He came close in his Olympic final, which he won in 1:54.06, setting a Games record in the process. In a warmup event ahead of the world meet, he clocked 1:57.23 to come home first at the Indy Summer Cup in Indianapolis on June 28, with Hungary's Hubert Kos second in 2:00.16. Marchand will begin his world championship campaign on July 30 when the 200m medley heats take place at the WCH Arena, with the final the next day. REUTERS
Reuters
a day ago
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Marchand drops 200 butterfly, breaststroke for world championships
July 22 (Reuters) - Four-time Olympic champion Leon Marchand will only compete in the 200 and 400 metres individual medley events at the world championships in Singapore after opting out of the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke, his coach Nicolas Castel said. The 23-year-old Frenchman won gold in the 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 IM at the Paris Games, as well as a bronze in 4x100m medley. "He won't be doing the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke," Castel told Franceinfo on Monday. "It's a choice we made because we're in a post-Olympic year and he's never had the opportunity to do a 200m medley without having a race before or after it on the same day. He wanted to test this isolated 200m medley and see what he was capable of." The swimming events at the world championships will take place in Singapore from July 27 to August 3.
The Star
a day ago
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- The Star
Swimming-Marchand drops 200 butterfly, breaststroke for world championships
FILE PHOTO: Swimming - Men's 200m Individual Medley Final - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - August 02, 2024. Leon Marchand of France celebrates after setting an Olympic record to win gold REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo (Reuters) -Four-time Olympic champion Leon Marchand will only compete in the 200 and 400 metres individual medley events at the world championships in Singapore after opting out of the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke, his coach Nicolas Castel said. The 23-year-old Frenchman won gold in the 200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 IM at the Paris Games, as well as a bronze in 4x100m medley. "He won't be doing the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke," Castel told Franceinfo on Monday. "It's a choice we made because we're in a post-Olympic year and he's never had the opportunity to do a 200m medley without having a race before or after it on the same day. He wanted to test this isolated 200m medley and see what he was capable of." The swimming events at the world championships will take place in Singapore from July 27 to August 3. (Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Goa; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
Al-Ahram Weekly
a day ago
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- Al-Ahram Weekly
Olympics: Champion Marchand to focus on medleys at worlds - Omni sports
French swimmer Leon Marchand is skipping two of the four events which brought him gold medal success at the Paris Olympics last year in the upcoming world championships in Singapore in order to challenge the 200m medley world record, his club president in Toulouse announced on Monday. Marchand was one of the standout stars of the Paris Games when he claimed gold in the 200m breaststroke and 200m butterfly as well the 200m and 400m individual medleys. However, he is now set to concentrate purely on the medley events. "He won't be doing the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke," Michel Coloma of the Dauphins du TOEC club told AFP. "He wants to see what happens in the 200m medley, without having any other races on his plate." Marchand is already the world record holder for the 400m medley, having snatched it from American legend Michael Phelps in 2023, but he now wants a crack at Ryan Lochte's 2011 record of 1min 54.00sec for the 200m medley. He came close in his Olympic final, which he won in 1min 54.06sec, setting an Olympic record in the process. Marchand will begin his world championships on July 30 with the heats of the 200m medley, with the final the next day. (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter at @AO_Sports and on Facebook at AhramOnlineSports.) Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
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2 days ago
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World Swimming Championships 2025: How to watch, schedule, preview
The 2025 World Swimming Championships in Singapore air live daily on Peacock from July 26-Aug. 3. The meet features 2024 Olympic headliners Leon Marchand of France (four individual golds in Paris), Summer McIntosh of Canada (three individual golds) and American Katie Ledecky (female swimming record nine career Olympic golds). Ledecky's 26 career world championships medals are third in history (Michael Phelps won 33 and Ryan Lochte earned 27) and 21 world titles are second in history (Phelps took 26). Another possible standout is American Gretchen Walsh, who has the world's top times this year in the 50m and 100m butterflies and the 50m freestyle. Walsh is expected to swim in three relays that could take gold, too. The most anticipated single race of worlds comes Aug. 2 — the women's 800m free, a likely showdown between Ledecky and McIntosh. Ledecky can become the first swimmer to win a seventh world title in the same event. McIntosh has added that event to her program, having swum the third-fastest time in history in June (95 hundredths off Ledecky's world record). McIntosh is entered in five total individual events and ranks No. 1 in the world this year in four of them. If she wins those four, plus dethrones Ledecky in the 800m free, she will become the second swimmer after Phelps to win five individual golds at a single worlds. Marchand is entered in the same four events he won at the Paris Games: the 200m and 400m individual medleys, 200m breaststroke and 200m butterfly. He can become the fourth man to win four individual golds at a single worlds after Phelps (2003, 2007 (5)), Ryan Lochte (2011) and Caeleb Dressel (2019). Ledecky is the only woman to achieve the feat. World Swimming Championships Broadcast Schedule Date Session Time (ET) Platform Sat., July 26 Day 1 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Sun., July 27 Day 1 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Day 2 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Mon., July 28 Day 2 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Day 3 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Tue., July 29 Day 3 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Day 4 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Wed., July 30 Day 4 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Day 5 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Thu., July 31 Day 5 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Day 6 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Fri., Aug. 1 Day 6 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Day 7 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Sat., Aug. 2 Day 7 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Highlights 2 p.m.* NBC Day 8 Prelims 10 p.m. Peacock Sun., Aug. 3 Day 8 Finals 7 a.m. Peacock Sat., Aug. 9 Highlights 1 p.m.* NBC *Delayed broadcast
