Coach Bob Bowman hails ‘perfect’ Leon Marchand as Frenchman claims fourth gold

Leon Marchand‘s coach Bob Bowman mentioned the French swimmer dealt with the strain of performing and delivering on house turf within the Olympics completely after the 22-year-old sensationally swept the gold medals in all 4 occasions he entered on the Paris Video games.

Marchand gained the 400m IM, then the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke on the identical evening, and eventually the 200m IM on Friday to earn hero standing in France as he shot to the highest of the medal charts amongst particular person athletes.

“It is an unbelievable collection of occasions. I really feel like he did every little thing that we may presumably count on of him on this setting, on this form of lead-up and preparation,” Bowman advised reporters.

“He could not have dealt with himself higher in between all of the races. So it was only a full success… He is simply 100% profitable. So I am very pleased with him, it takes lots to be good.”

Bowman, who coached Olympic nice Michael Phelps, mentioned Marchand “manages himself very effectively,” figuring out precisely what to do together with his warm-ups, his follow timings, his restoration course of and his weight loss program.

The veteran coach additionally mentioned swimming on house turf definitely helped as the gang at a packed La Protection Area obtained their cash’s value when Marchand broke Phelps’s 200m IM Olympic report from 2008.

“I believe the closest I’ve seen was possibly Sydney in 2000 when (Ian) Thorpe swam. I bear in mind when Thorpe swam the 400m there, I felt just like the constructing was shaking and it was form of like this,” he mentioned.

Bowman mentioned the Frenchman was solely getting began and will additionally swim in different occasions sooner or later, just like the 100m butterfly when he will get older and stronger.

“I believe he can break (information) in different occasions,” Bowman mentioned. “He gave me some ammunition for the entire subsequent 12 months by not breaking that one. So now we’ve a objective, proper? We’ve issues to work towards.”

However first, Marchand can have just a few weeks off to soak in his achievements and reside with the newfound fame that comes with being the athlete that lit up France’s house Olympics and Bowman mentioned he hopes his scholar stays grounded.

“For the primary time, Leon’s going to exit into this setting in a really completely different life scenario than he was earlier than,” he mentioned.

“Sooner or later I am going to attempt to reel him again in and in six weeks or so, we’ll see if we won’t get him began.

“However for now, he will get a break as a result of he actually does want a break. He wants a psychological break and a bodily break.”