World file holder Leon Marchand received gold within the 400m particular person medley, whereas Adam Peaty misplaced within the 100m breaststroke remaining.
Leon Marchand received France’s first Olympic swimming gold medal since 2012, recording the second-fastest ever 400m particular person medley time.
The 22-year-old stormed into the lead on Sunday and by no means appeared again, ending practically six seconds forward of second-placed Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita in 4:02.95, with American Carson Foster in third.
Marchand grew to become the favourite final yr when he broke Michael Phelps’ 15-year-old world file with a shocking swim time of 4:02.50.
His efficiency at Paris’ raucous La Défense stadium set a brand new Olympic file.
With defending U.S. champion Chase Kalisz out of the ultimate and a packed crowd cheering him on, Marchand led by half a size after the opening butterfly leg.
However a stunning 100m backstroke left his rivals behind.
Skilled by Phelps’ previous coach Bob Bowman, Marchand received a victory that made him France’s first pool gold medalist for the reason that London Olympics, when France received 4 gold medals.
France has only one swimming medal on the 2021 Olympics, Florent Manaudou’s silver within the 50m freestyle.
Marchand, a five-time world champion, may also compete within the 200m particular person medley and 200m butterfly to construct on his rising status.
No three consecutive championships
Italy’s Niccolò Martinengi received the boys’s 100m breaststroke gold on the Paris Olympics and stopped Adam Peaty’s third consecutive title.
Peaty is in search of to develop into simply the second male swimmer to win the identical title at three consecutive Olympics, after retired American Michael Phelps, who received silver with American Nick Funk.
Their time was 59.05, simply 0.02 seconds slower than Martinenghi.
Girls’s 100m fly US group 1-2
Torri Huske beat American teammate and world file holder Gretchen Walsh to win gold within the girls’s 100m butterfly on Sunday.
Walsh circled first, however Husker fought again strongly, ending in 55.59 seconds. Walsh ranked second in 55.63 seconds, and Chinese language participant Zhang Yufei received the bronze medal in 56.21 seconds.
Huske’s victory continues the occasion’s historical past of not having a champion because it was first held in 1956.
