“in rugby, I took a bit expensive”, reveals Léon Marchand

Two years from the Paris Olympics, the young Léon Marchand revealed himself two weeks ago at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest, winning two gold medals. Asked this Monday during the Télématin program, the 20-year-old Toulousain revealed why he had not broken into the sport-king of the Pink City.

«I played rugby for a year or two. Unfortunately I was very thin and I took a little expensive on the groundadmitted with a laugh the swimmer of 1.83 m for 74 kg, licensed to the Dolphins of the TOEC. So I took up swimming.“A more than relevant choice.