“Last month during a dual meet, Marchand dove in for the first 500-yard freestyle of his career and finished in 4:07.81—then the fifth fastest time in NCAA history.”
Holding 49.5s/100 yards. The Wall Street Journal refers to Frenchman Léon Marchand as “the next Michael Phelps”.
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Too funny.
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