Three races and three meeting records in the 50m breaststroke for Léon Marchand this Saturday. With a time of 27'86 in the final, he dropped below 28 seconds after a race where he was challenged for a long time by Sebastien Capogna, only 18 years old.
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Léon Marchand also praised the performance of his young compatriot. “It was cool, he has been sending since yesterday, it was nice to have a great race with him,” he explained with a smile as he left the pool. Watch:
Damien Joly, the captain of the French swimming team, smashed his own meeting record in the 1500m freestyle. With a time of 15'08.98, he put almost 5 seconds behind his old mark set at 15'13.88.
“I always give my best here. I hope people enjoyed it. Very happy with the result,” said the swimmer who trains in Italy after the race. Listen:
Béryl Gastaldello won the Women's 100m butterfly with a time of 59'42, the meeting record. The previous reference mark was previously held by Emma Morel in 1'01.34
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Clément Secchi, the French team swimmer and Olympian, erased the record of… Léon Marchand (54.36), in the Gentlemen's 100m butterfly. With a victory in 51.86, Clément Secchi thus becomes the pope of the pap over the distance in Reunion. Léon Marchand had decided to skip the butterfly during this meeting.
– Maël Dijoux makes Réunion shine –
At the end of a final supersonic length, of which he has the secret, the Réunionnais Maël Dijoux brilliantly won in 01'51.78 in the Gentlemen's 200m freestyle. The swimmer from the Melun club is ahead of Aurelien Descamps and Paul Alves Torres, both licensed in Marseille.
As a reminder, on Friday the four-time Olympic champion, Léon Marchand, won the 200m breaststroke. The French swimming icon beat the competition record he held in 2'11.46.
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Close behind Sebastien Capogna again until the last lengths, he won in 02'10.78. “I take everything in my heart, the young people are adorable, I have the opportunity to inspire them,” he confided after the race in the Chaudron swimming pool. Watch:
This Sunday is the last day of competition. The atmosphere promises to be lively at the Chaudron swimming pool. Léon Marchand will swim the 100m breaststroke, for his last lengths in the Saint-Denis basin.
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