France's Leon Marchand shined on the second day of competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics, while Team USA took the lead in the medal count.
France's Leon Marchand has been the best in the world swimming the 400-meter individual medley over the past few years. He the World Championships in that event in 2022 and 2023 and holds the world record.He can now add Olympic gold to his collection after obliterating the competition at La Defense Arena on Sunday. He also broke Michael Phelps' Olympic record with a time of 4:02.95.Before the event favorite was even announced, the home crowd was chanting his name.
'The 25-year-old from Park City, Utah, also overcame some adversity during the race. She punctured a tire but was fortunate to be near the U.S. team mechanics, who quickly changed it and got her back in the race.Carson Foster took home a bronze medal in the 400-meter IM.The Team USA swimmer touched the wall with a time of 4:08.66. He was only four one-hundredths of a second four one-hundredths of a second behind silver medalist Matsushita Tomoyuki of Japan.
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