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Leon Marchand, of France, celebrates after winning the men’s 200-meter butterfly final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Nanterre, France.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
NANTERRE – Léon Marchand kicked off an improbable double with a finishing kick for the ages.
Trailing most of the race, Marchand surged past defending Olympic champion and world-record holder Kristóf Milák to capture his second gold medal of the Paris Games with a victory in the 200-meter butterfly on Wednesday night.
The crowd at La Defense Arena roared as Marchand touched in an Olympic record of 1 minute, 51.71 seconds, beating Milák by four-hundredths of a second.
Marchand added to his dominating victory in the 400 individual medley and was just getting started on this very busy night: he was set to race again two hours later as the fastest qualifier in the 200 breaststroke.
Turns out, those comparison to Michael Phelps don’t seem off base at all.
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