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French swimmer Leon Marchand makes history with two individual gold medals in one night
Leon Marchand‘s bid for a pair of Wednesday gold medals on the 2024 Paris Olympics was a smashing success because the Frenchman’s late surge pushed him previous Kristof Milak for gold within the 200m butterfly ultimate, and he waltzed to the highest spot 90 minutes later within the 200m breaststroke ultimate.
Marchand leaned on the lane line after his fly win and waved his pointer finger cyclically to rejoice a 1:51.21, simply forward of Hungary’s 2022 world champ Milak and his 1:51.75. Canada’s Ilya Kharun gained bronze with a 1:52.80.
200m FLY RESULTS | 200m BREAST RESULTS
He later dominated the breaststroke occasion, swimming a 2:05:85 to beat contenders Zac Stubblety-Prepare dinner of Australia (2:06:79) and Caspar Corbeau of the Netherlands (2:07.90). American swimmer Josh Matheny completed seventh with a 2:09.52.
Marchand is the fourth swimmer to win two particular person gold medals in the identical day. The feat was final completed in 1976 by Kornelia Ender of East Germany.
The Paris-born Marchand, 22, gained his first gold medal in his second Olympics when France claimed the 400m medley earlier these Video games. Along with his depend standing at three golds, he is already damaged the document for many profession gold medals for a French swimmer.
Marchand is the 2023 world champion in 200m fly and was up in opposition to the world-record holder in Milak. Each males gained their respective semifinal heats, with Milak posting the highest time, 0.78 seconds quicker than Marchand.
Marchand received a little bit bit of excellent fortune within the breaststroke as China’s world-record holder, Qin Haiyang, didn’t qualify for the ultimate.
Marchand will go for his fourth of those Video games within the 200m particular person medley on Thursday.
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