Traveling to Reunion Island for a swimming meet, Léon Marchand announced that he would ultimately not return to the United States to train with his coach Bob Bowman. The swimmer has another plan in mind…
The star of the Olympics is him! For several weeks, the French vibrated to the rhythm of the events, which took place in the capital, to the great happiness of Parisians. Every day, the French people developed a passion for a new discipline, or for a new athlete, but one of them was particularly unanimous. This is Léon Marchand, who rose to the rank of international star after his exploits at the Olympics. The 22-year-old Frenchman, who left with no less than four individual gold medals, has seen his life completely turned upside down since this summer.
A change in daily life that he has often discussed in the media, he who wants to keep his head on his shoulders despite everything. “My status has changed, I believe Camille Lacourt said it but once you win, you become beautiful. It’s a sentence that really speaks to me because now, everyone comes to talk to me whereas two, three years ago, when I was in tough times, it wasn’t the same“, he confided on the set of Clique.
Léon Marchand does not return to the United States, discover his new destination
After the Olympic Games, Léon Marchand insisted on taking several weeks of breakto enjoy life in France or even in Ibiza, he who lives in the United States, where he trains with his famous coach Bob Bowman. Currently on the island of Reunion, where he is participating in a swimming meet, the swimmer made a very surprising announcement: when he was supposed to return to the United States at the start of the year to meet his coach, his plans finally changed.
“I’m going to try to see another culture, to train with another coach“, explained the one who will settle in Australia, near Brisbane, during “two or three months“. “And only then will I join my trainer Bob Bowman in Austin“, he added. A new start for the ace of the pools!
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