After having won the French and European record for this distance in 1 min 50 sec 30/100th in Shanghai in mid-October, the Frenchman improved his time by more than a second to establish a new world record in 1 min 48 sec 88/100th.
In the Singapore swimming pool, the Frenchman became the first swimmer to go under the 1 min 49 sec mark in the 200m medley, crushing the world record of American Ryan Lochte, set in 2012 in 1 min 49 sec 63 /100th.
“It was very exciting for me, I tried to do something that had never been done before (swimming in less than 1 min 49, editor’s note), so I gave everything I had in water. The mistake really pushed me, it reminded me of the Olympic Games, declared Marchand poolside.
On Thursday, the quadruple gold medalist at the Paris Olympics had already set a new European record in the 100m medley.
Three months after the dream Olympics, Toulouse is closing its Asian tour with the 400m medley on Saturday, with the ambition of winning a third hat-trick in medley, after those gleaned in Shanghai and Incheon.
His season then continues in Budapest, for the Short Course World Championships (25m) from December 10 to 15.
Par Le360 (with AFP)
01/11/2024 at 11:50 a.m.
