2023-06-15 21:41:44
Léon Marchand and his trainer Bob Bowman. DAMIEN MEYER / AFP
Despite his title in the 400m medley on Thursday at the French Swimming Championships in Rennes, “there was nothing goodin Léon Marchand’s race, said his trainer Bob Bowman. Asked what he thought of his pupil’s race, Bowman, illustrious coach of former legend Michael Phelps, replied: “It was not good. There was nothing good except that he swam and qualified for the World Championships. That was the goal but in terms of swimming quality, he has to do much better and he knows it.»
On the fifth day of the French Championships, Léon Marchand won a fifth title, this time in the 400m medley, winning in 4 min 10 sec 57/100th. “I do 4 min 16 this morning in series, it was not crazy. I wanted to swim below 4 min 10 tonight, unfortunately I don’t“, reacted Marchand, who admitted not to be”at its best right now».
“He’s tired, that’s for sure”
«He is tired, for sure, he was tired after three days. But it doesn’t matter, I don’t think it changes anything in his preparation for the Worlds or in what will happen next year.» «It’s been a long week, we’re trying to figure out what happened physically, because he’s not quite physically well, but we can fix it.“, he continued. “We are going to work on other points and fully prepare him for the world championships.»
On the whole of the week, however, Bowman said he was satisfied. “He had good races overall, very good races earlier in the week. He was a little tired at the end of the week, but overall, if you take away the 400m medley, all the races were very good, I’m happy with those.Léon Marchand had started his week with a title and a French record in the 200m breaststroke, then victories in the 200m freestyle, 200m butterfly and 200m medley. He finally decided to give up the 100m butterfly scheduled for Friday.
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