Léon Marchand wins Olympic gold in 400 IM and the admiration of France

NBC News

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Leon Marchand surged to France’s first Olympic swimming gold since 2012, obliterating the field to clock the second-fastest 400m individual medley time ever.
Aljazeera
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The 22-year-old Frenchman who carried the hopes and dreams of his countrymen and women had somehow lived up to every single one of them.
The New York Times
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With a boisterous crowd cheering him on, Léon Marchand began his home Olympics by cruising to the fastest time in the preliminaries of the 400-meter individual medley Sunday.
Japan Today
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Prepared by Bob Bowman, the coach who turned American Phelps into a gold medal machine, Marchand will bid for another three individual events as the face of his home Games.
CNA

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