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Add another accolade to the resume of 22-year-old French superstar Leon Marchand as he clocked a new European Record in the men’s SCM 200 IM. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
Noe Ponti broke the World Record in the 50 short course meters fly on Sunday in Shanghai, China at the first stop of the 2024 Swimming World Cup Series.
20-year-old Olympic medalist Tang Qianting kept the records rolling on night 2 in Shanghai, hitting a new Chinese and Asian mark in the women’s 100m breast.
Qin Haiyang took the men’s 50m breaststroke tonight in Shanghai, establishing a personal best, Chinese national and Asian continental record in the process.
Regan Smith of the United States tied the hours-old national record Gretchen Walsh logged yesterday in the women’s SCM 100 backstroke.
Olympic medalist Noe Ponti continued to impress at the World Cup in Shanghai, establishing a new personal best and Swiss record in the men’s 200m IM.
October 19th, 2024
Olympic hero Leon Marchand of France powered his way to a monster victory in the men’s 200m IM on night 2 of the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai.
22-year-old Marchand stopped the clock at a head-turning 1:50.30, breaking multiple records in the process.
British maestro Duncan Scott settled for silver in 1:51.08 while Swiss ace Noe Ponti rounded out the podium in 1:51.78.
For Marchand’s part, his mark of 1:50.30 established new World Cup, French and European records to once again cement the former Arizona State University NCAA champion as one of the best and most versatile swimmers on the planet.
The current World Record remains at the 1:49.63 American Ryan Lochte performed in 2012, although Mrchand is already within a second of that at one-time untouchable record. The Frenchman settles in as the 3rd-fastest performer in history with 2 more stops of the World Cup as well as December’s Short Course World Championships on the horizon.
Top 5 Men’s SCM 200 IM Performers All-Time
The dude is not even in shape yet
Interesting that Casas’ breaststroke and freestyle were both faster than Marchand.
He broke the french record twice. 1:53.53 in the heats (former french record by Jérémy Stravius – 1:54.00 in 2012) and so 1:50.30, european record. It’s clear that 200 IM and 400 IM WR are on hold. Maybe not in the WC series but certainly during the World Championships. Probably the european record in the 100 IM too. (50.26 by Vladimir Morozov in 2018). Dressel’s WR is from another world for now. 200 breast WR is on his eyes too. For the 200 fly, the european record for sure (1:49.00 by Laszlo Cseh in 2015)
He confirmed that the world records in the 200m and 400m individual medley would be his on the world short course.
Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule. Nowadays, that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC.
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