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For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. NANTERRE, France - You couldn't stage Léon Marchand's coronation any better. Over the last week, before an adoring and at ...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — If there’s anyone who can appreciate the magnitude of what Léon Marchand has done at the Paris Olympics, it’s Bob Bowman. The longtime coach was on deck for Michael Phelps’ ...
Arizona State junior Léon Marchand is becoming the face of the 2024 Paris Olympics with his dazzling performances in the pool — four races, four gold medals, four Olympic records. "I don't ...
Olympic champion Leon Marchand weighed in on the Enhanced Games, taking to social media to say: "This is sad." ...
“Leon the Megalodon ... surpassed the 33 medals France won at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Marchand’s accomplishments also resonated at the highest levels of French society.
Yes, we are talking about 22-year-old swimming sensation Leon Marchand, who has ignited these games and his country. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE ...
The 22-year-old Marchand won his first gold medal of the Paris Games, to the delight of the French fans. / Simon Bruty/Sports Illustrated PARIS — The roars were deafening, rattling around La ...
PARIS -- Léon Marchand stood atop the podium Wednesday night and looked sheepishly around La Defense Arena, where thousands of fans sang -- or, more accurately, yelled in key -- along to every ...
It’s a photo of Bowman’s newest protégé, Léon Marchand, taken the moment he realized he’d broken the world record in the men’s 400-meter individual medley last summer in Fukuoka ...
Léon Marchand, an unremarkable physical specimen dressed in his white French podium sweats, was beginning the refueling process by munching on a snack and sipping on a bottle of water.
The French swimmer Léon Marchand understood that he would be his country’s marquee athlete at the Paris Games, and he surely is. Event workers stop him to sneak in selfies. A giant photo of him ...
PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Leon Marchand's golden Olympic exploits have propelled the French swimmer to a new level of fame and provided a boon for his sponsors, as well as creating potential ...