Paris Olympics: French swimmer Leon Marchand qualifies for final - video Dailymotion

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00:00of expectation on this young man's shoulders, but he seems really in his

00:03element despite the pressure. The 22-year-old who is appearing in his

00:08first of finals in the swimming pool this evening in Nanterre. The

00:1322-year-old is going for four gold medals. He's cruised through his heats

00:17today in the 400-meter individual medley, getting the best time in the heats.

00:22France are hoping that he will end a 12-year drought in the pool when it

00:28comes to gold medals for the French. A lot of French people here today very

00:32excited about seeing him get hopefully the first gold medal in the pool for

00:37the French this evening. He's going for four in total. He's really come on leaps

00:41and bounds since being under the wing of Michael Phelps, old former coach

00:46Bob Bowman. Léon Marchand looking to make history here this evening in Paris.

00:51Hopefully he is the favorite to get his first gold medal this evening.

Paris Olympics: French swimmer Leon Marchand qualifies for final

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