Editorial with AFP
11/30/2024 at 6:31 p.m.Updated on 11/30/2024 at 9:06 p.m.
The four-time Olympic champion announced on Saturday that he was withdrawing from the Short Course World Championships in Budapest. He is “exhausted” by his exceptional year 20024.
“I have decided to withdraw from the World Championships in Budapest,” swimmer Léon Marchand wrote on Instagram. The man who delighted France with his four gold medals at the Olympic Games needs to recover and will be absent from the short course competition which is to take place from December 10 to 15 in Budapest.
“The year 2024 was really intense. I have done a lot of big competitions and I am exhausted, he continues. It's time for me to step back, train hard and tackle future challenges. I know you will understand and I am excited for what lies ahead. »
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The Worlds next summer
This fall he participated in three stages of the Short Course World Cup in Asia. The native of Toulouse won the three medley distances (100 m, 200 m and 400 m) in Shanghai, Incheon and Singapore, where he broke the world record for the 200 m medley on November 1, ideal preparation for the World Championships. from Budapest.
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The extraordinary swimmer should be back in 2025 where the long course world championships await him next summer. For new triumphs.
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