France’s Léon Marchand broke the 200m individual medley (IM) world record on Wednesday (30 July), clocking 1:52.69 during the semi-finals of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, to better the previous mark of 1:54:00 held by Ryan Lochte.
The four-time Olympic champion shared that he intended to rewrite history ahead of the semi-final and produced a storming race to obliterate the time set by Lochte in 2011.
Marchand, who is only swimming the medley events individually in Singapore, will contest the men’s 200 IM tomorrow. He will bid for a third world title in the event.
More to follow.