The 22-year-old French swimmer won four gold medals and one bronze in the team event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A record unmatched in France.
When Leon Marchand he dives, France holds his breath. This 22-year-old French swimmer won four gold medals and one bronze in the team test of the Olympic Games. An unparalleled record in France.
“I still haven’t realized everything I’ve done. I know what I’ve done in the water, I know what I’ve done in terms of performance. I also have a lot of statistics. There is no Frenchman who has done it before,” declared the swimmer in an interview with journalist Anne-Sophie Lapix.
In the stands, in the fan areas and behind the screens, the extraordinary performances of the four-time Olympic champion gave rise to scenes of joy. Other tests were interrupted during his races as the public cheered him on from a distance, their eyes glued to their screens.
Marchand, “very focused” and in his “bubble”
The swimmer, for his part, insists that he remained in your bubble. “I had a lot of races, so it allowed me to focus on recovering, trying to sleep as much as possible and just be ready the next day. I did 14 races in total, so I was very focused. “I was in my bubble and I’m not afraid to leave it,” he says.
After the Tokyo Olympics, the swimmer joined coach Bob Bowman, former mentor of Michael Phelps, in Arizona. The legendary strokes of him and his exceptional resilience They were especially applauded.
“I want to thank you dad, mom. It’s amazing, but my body regenerates very quickly. It’s also because I’ve worked really hard and when I recover, I don’t swim slowly. I swim very fast at a fairly high pace to reduce lactate“, Explain.
After the excitement of the Olympic Games, Léon Marchand said he wanted to take a vacation. Soon he will return to the poolwith an eye on Los Angeles 2028.
