Everything is going well for Léon Marchand four months before the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Frenchman, who skipped the Swimming World Championships in Qatar – like many major swimmers – proves in the NCAA university finals that his preparation for summer works pretty well.
Marchand won the 500-yard freestyle in a record time of 4:02:31, greatly improving his own NCAA record (4:06:18).
The 21-year-old Frenchman, triple world champion last summer in Fukuoka (Japan), is participating in the NCAA finals for Arizona State University (ASU), where he studies and trains with Bob Bowman, former mentor of Michael Phelps.
Marchand had already helped ASU take second place in the 4 x 50 yard medley and 4 x 200 yard relays on Wednesday. The world record holder in the 400m medley must now compete in the 400 yard medley on Friday then the 200 yard breaststroke on Friday.