22-year-old Frenchman Leon Marchand broke Michael Phelps' Olympic record in the 400-meter individual medley and brought France its third gold.
Swimming, 400 meters individual medley (M):
Gold: Leon Marchand (France) — 4:02.95 (OR). Silver: Tomoyuki Matsushita (Japan) — 4:08.62. Bronze: Carson Foster (USA) — 4:08.62.
Interestingly, the world record (4:02.50) in this discipline also belongs to Leon Marchand, which he set in 2023.
