Leon Marchand To Miss French Championships In June & Seeks Singapore Qualification Elsewhere
4-time Olympic champion Leon Marchand is not going to compete on the French Championships in Montpellier subsequent month.
Marchand received 4 golds amongst 5 medals in entrance of a house crowd at La Protection Area final 12 months to command the highlight within the sporting world and past. Life was a whirlwind for the Frenchman within the months following his historic exploits and after returning to the water on the World Cup in October, Marchand subsequently withdrew from the World Quick-Course Championships with exhaustion.
The Professional Collection meet final month in Fort Lauderdale was his first in long-course waters because the Olympics and now he received’t be following that up with an look on the nationwide championships in Montpellier from 14-19 June, the French federation has stated.
“This choice is nonetheless distinctive,” says the federation quoted in L’Equipe, “and particular to this post-Olympic 12 months; It is not going to be repeated. To qualify for the World Championships (in Singapore from July 27 to August 3), Léon Marchand should obtain, in the course of the 2024-2025 season, the occasions required by the choice standards within the 50-metre pool.”
