Singapore French fishermen Leon Marchand shocked when breaking the world record of 200m personal mixed content – a milestone set by Ryan Lochte since 2011.
In the semi -finals of the 2025 World Championship in Singapore on July 30, Marchand rolled the target with a time of 1 minute 52 seconds 69. Marchand became the third name to break the 200m world record of personal mixture in the past 30 years.
Leon Marchand broke the 200m world record for personal mixture.
Record history content 200m Modern personal mixture began to be rewritten on June 29, 2003, when the legendMichael PhelpsAchieving 1 minute 57 seconds 94 in the US Nationals in Santa Clara, USA. He rushed to the 9 -year milestone set by Jarinen (Finland) in 1994, 1 minute 58 seconds 16.
Within the next three years, the American legend improved the record seven times, before reaching 1 minute 54 seconds on August 15, 2006 at the Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, Canada. This is also the best result of Phelps in this content and has existed for 3 years.
American fishermen Ryan Lochte, teammate and also the biggest opponent of Phelps, surpassed its predecessor on July 30, 2009 at the World Championship in Rome, with a record of 1 minute 54 seconds 10.
Two years later, in Shanghai 2011, Lochte continued to break the record deep, reaching 1 minute 54 seconds – the time milestone seemed not to be overcome. This achievement has stood firm for 14 years and 3 days, becoming one of the longest records of the world swimming village in the male personal content.
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Marchand competed in the semi -finals of the 200m personal mixed content at the World Water Sports Championship in Singapore and celebrated the world record on July 30.
At the age of 23, Marchand had a full collection of titles: World Championship, Olympic, and now a world record. He not only broke the 200m record of an old personal mixture, but also exceeded 1.31 seconds – rare gap found at the world level.
The French fishermen received a $ 30,000 reward, and was expected to win the sixth gold medal at the tournament, when entering the final of 200m of the male personal mixture at 18h23 today July 31, Hanoi.
Marchand was born on May 17, 2002 in Toulouse, France, in a family with a tradition of swimming. His father – Xavier Marchand – won the world silver medal in 200m of personal mixture in 1998, and his mother was a former national player Celine Bonnet.
Only 23 years old, he has become a new sports icon of France. At the Paris Olympic Games 2024, Marchand resonated whenwin four gold medalsIn the 200m, 400m personal mixture, 200m frog, mixed and 200m silver masks.
The excellent performance at the Olympics helped Marchand were praised as the “new Phelps of the swimming village”, in the context that he was trained by Bob Bowman under the similar roadmap of American legend. Marmand itselfBreak the final record of PhelpsWhen winning the world champion about 400m male mixed swimming content in 2023.
