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Associated Press
Jul 30, 2025, 09:03 AM ET
SINGAPORE -- Léon Marchand broke the satellite grounds successful the 200-meter idiosyncratic medley connected Wednesday astatine the satellite championships successful Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 acceptable successful 2011 by American Ryan Lochte.
He acceptable the people swimming successful the semifinals and, successful theory, could interruption it again successful Thursday's finals.
Marchand won 4 Olympic golden medals a twelvemonth agone successful Paris, but he's swimming lone the 200 and 400 medley -- and relays -- successful Singapore. Planning the lighter docket successful what helium calls a "transition year" keeps him caller to pursuit the satellite marks.
Marchand volition aquatics the 400 IM connected Sunday, the last time of the satellite championships. He holds that grounds of 4:02.50 acceptable successful the 2023 worlds successful Fukuoka, Japan.
"It knew I was going to get adjacent due to the fact that I felt bully yesterday (in qualifying)," Marchand said.
Asked astir swimming a lighter docket helium replied successful understatement: "It was astir apt the close decision."
Marchand was astir 1.8 seconds nether the satellite grounds aft 150 meters and powered location with the last freestyle leg.
Though this contention did not output a satellite rubric -- that volition travel connected Thursday successful the last -- it did triumph Marchand a cheque for $30,000.
