French swimming sensation Léon Marchand capped off his campaign at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in style, cruising to victory in the men’s 400m individual medley on the final day of competition, Sunday (3 August).
The four-time Olympic champion, who focused exclusively on the medley events in Singapore, asserted his dominance early in the race and never looked back. He touched the wall in a time of 4:04.73s, comfortably ahead of Japan’s Matsushita Tomoyuki (4:08.32), with NAB’s Ilia Borodin taking bronze (4:09.16).
The win completes a golden double for 23-year old Marchand, who earlier in the week clinched the 200m IM title, having set a new world record in the semi-finals en route to the final.
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