
He renounced the 200 butterfly and the 200 stroke for one reason: I wanted to go for the records of the world of styles. Especially that of some 200 metros in which the name of Ryan Lochte He had immovable at the head of the record table from the 2011 Shanghai World Cup with a huge 1: 54.00.
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But for Léon Marchand there are no impossible. With an exhibition for history, The Frenchman has starred in one of the greatest feats of recent times in the semifinals (yes, the final is missing) of the short test of the four swimming of the Singapore World. Marchand has flown towards a 1:52.69 simply unimaginable in world swimming to Tima in 1.31 seconds Lochte's top Fourteen years ago.
Compete against legend and it is something that is clear. This was endorsed two years ago with its 4: 02.50, world record, in the final of the 400 styles of the Fukuoka World Cup. The conditions in the Paris pool did not accompany them that Marchand could decorate with more plusmarks their exhibition of four Olympic golds (200 Broza, 200 butterfly, 200 styles and 400 styles, in addition to the bronze in 4×100 styles), but the good is expected.
The Singapore World Cup started renouncing the 200 butterfly and the 200 stroke. The butterfly final swam minutes before the final of 200 styles and Marchand wanted to have the clear focus: 1: 54.00 of Lochtethe impossible brand for all mortals. But not for those who do not seem to be.
With a huge commitment from the beginning in the semifinals, with an exit lying by Shaine houses on the back with both a second below Lochte's time, the question was how long could the American endure the rhythm. Few doubts seemed that Marchand could do it. It has been placed first on the back, ninety -eight hundredths has passed under the top in half the race, He has flown in his fetish breast to 1.88 away with Lochte And it's over Buying by 1.31 The former top of the American.
Marchand is missing the final this Thursday (1: 55.13 for houses and 1: 55.51 for Duncan Scott), but has made it clear that he is in another world. He already has the record that he wanted so much and continues to mark the pattern of swimming worldwide. With its greatest desire already fulfilled, The appointment in the final will be to try to expand its legend.
RESULTS OF THE SEMIFINALS OF 200 Styles (Top8)
1. Léon Marchand (France) 1: 52.69 (world record)
2. Shaine Casas (United States) 1: 55.13
3. Duncan Scott (Great Britain) 1: 55.51
4. Tomoyuki Matsushita (Japón) 1:57.11
5. Hubert Kos (Hungary) 1: 57.22
6. Lewis Clabs (New Zealand) 1: 57.22
7. Shun Wang (China) 1:57.48
8. Carson Foster (United States) 1: 57.49