Toulousain Léon Marchand world champion in the 200m medley

Léon Marchand still “spun” everyone, this Wednesday in Budapest. The Toulousain won the gold medal in the 200m medley at the swimming worlds. With a time of 1min 55 22/100, he beat the American Carson Foster and the Japanese Dalya Seto.

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The licensee of the Dauphins du TOEC is on his second world title, because he has already won another gold medal on Saturday, on 400m medley. World championships which have been very successful for him since he also won the silver medal on Tuesday on 200m butterfly.

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The 20-year-old athlete is considered one of the new tricolor swimming stars. Léon Marchand left Toulouse after the Tokyo Olympics to settle in the United States in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona.

He is trained there by Bob Bowman, an emblematic American trainer who notably trained Michael Phelps.


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