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French swimmer Marchand wins gold medal with Olympic record

Leon Marchand's 4:02.95 time in men's 400m individual medley is new Olympic record

French swimmer Marchand wins gold medal with Olympic record
2024-07-28 22:37:31
Ankara

ANKARA

French swimmer Leon Marchand has won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley at Paris 2024 Olympics with an Olympic record setting time on Sunday. 

Marchand's 4 minutes 02.95 seconds time set the new Olympic record, passing former record of US swimmer Michael Phelps, which was 4 minutes 03.84 seconds. 

The current world record of the course was also owned by Marchand with 4 minutes 02.50 seconds.

Matsushita Tomoyuki of Japan was awarded silver medal with 4 minutes 08.62 seconds, while US swimmer Carson Foster bagged the bronze with 4 minutes 08.66 seconds.