French Swimmer Leon Marchand Breaks Michael Phelps’s Last World Record

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French 22-year-old Leon Marchand has broken Michael Phelps’ world record in the men’s 400-meter individual medley in a time of 4 minutes, 2.50 seconds. Phelps set the old record of 4:03.84 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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00:00 What's the only way to take the world's longest continually held swimming record in history

00:04 away from the great Michael Phelps?

00:07 Go train with his coach, Bob Bowman.

00:09 Leon Marchand on Sunday shattered Michael Phelps' last individual world record, one

00:16 that he had held since 2002.

00:18 He had broken seven times and one that he had last set in 2008 in Beijing and he crushed

00:24 that Marchand did on Sunday at World Championships, going an astounding four minutes, 2.5 seconds,

00:31 breaking Phelps' record by 1.3.

00:34 Phelps was on hand to congratulate Marchand and probably also to reminisce a little bit

00:39 with Bob Bowman, his old coach, who now has had Marchand training for him at Arizona State

00:45 the last few years.

00:46 Marchand from France is the next big thing in the individual medley events, the 200 IM,

00:51 the 400 IM, and looks like he will be maybe the biggest star of the Paris Olympics a year

00:57 from now, 2024.

00:58 So Bob Bowman has done it again and done it at the expense of his greatest swimmer, Michael

01:03 Phelps, with Leon Marchand breaking the record in the 400 IM.

01:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:10 (gentle music)

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