Triple World Champion Swimmer Leon Marchand Fought Back from Sickness and Surgery
Gold Medal Minute by @SwimOutlet-2000 Triple World Champion and 400 IM World Record holder Leon Marchand withdrew from competition at the 2023 U.S. Open Championships. Plagued with sinus problems and then surgery to remove his wisdom teeth, coach Bob Bowman kept Marchand home, recovering, and focused on getting back to top form during the winter training cycle. While wisdon teeth surgery is minor, it's still a punch backwards in an Olympic training year. What does this mean going forward? As of ASU's more recent dual meet last week, Leon swam: 1:32.6 - 200 yard free 53.0 - 100 yard breast 42.3 - lead-off on the 4x100 yard free relay 23.1 - 50 yard breast split on the 4x50 medley Those times signal he's on track to wow us again at 2024 NCAA Championships. And, yes, I'm also factoring in Olympic Fever fueling him in training. SwimSwam will back on deck at the battle of the titans, Cal Vs. ASU, next week. For swim nerds keeping score, last year at this meet Leon broke the 400 IM NCAA record, and then he went on to break it two more times--at PAC 12s and NCAA Championships. I'm holding off on the NCAA "predictions game" until next week's big dual meet, but you can play however want. SwimOutlet+ Membership - https://www.swimoutlet.com/pages/plus Swimming news courtesy of SwimSwam.com (https://swimswam.com) Click here to listen and subscribe on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3UGrNWo... Click here to listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Click here to listen and subscribe on Podbean https://swimswam.podbean.com/ Click here to listen and subscribe on Google https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR... Follow SwimSwam on: Facebook: / swimswamnews Twitter: / swimswamnews Instagram: / swimswamnews Opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the interviewed guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs, and viewpoints of the hosts, SwimSwam Partners, LLC and/or SwimSwam advertising partners. This is a Gold Medal Media production presented by SwimOutlet.com. Host Gold Medal Mel Stewart is a 3-time Olympic medalist and the co-founder of SwimSwam.com, a Swimming News website.