Léon Marchand delivered a swimming gold for France with a dominating victory in the men's 400-meter individual medley, while Torri Huske beat U.S. teammate and world-record holder Gretchen Walsh to win the women's 100-meter butterfly.
With a flag-waving crowd cheering his every stroke, Léon Marchand delivered a swimming gold for France with a dominating victory in the men's 400-meter individual medley Sunday, while Torri Huske beat U.S. teammate and world-record holder Gretchen Walsh to win the women's 100-meter butterfly.
Marchand lived up to those staggering expectations, for one night at least, and fulfilled the hopes of the host nation with a performance that sets him up to be one of the biggest stars of the Paris Games. And Phelps was in the building to witness it, analyzing the race as a member of the NBC broadcast team.
The defending Olympic champion, 30-year-old Chase Kalisz of the U.S., was eliminated in the preliminaries when he failed to post one of the top eight times.
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