2024 French Elite Championships
He won three gold medals at the 2023 Fukuoka World Championships. Leon Marchandwill be in the pool not once but twice today. Marchand will be hoping to improve on his record by competing in the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke in addition to the 400 individual medley. He was top-seeded in the butterfly with a smooth and controlled time of 1:57.90.
He'll have to shave a few seconds off his OQT time of 1:55.78, but he should be able to do it without expending too much energy. At the end of the session, he also competed in the 200 breaststroke, winning by just 0.02 seconds. Antoine Viqueratand both will be chasing 2:09.68.
Melanie Henicke She led the 50m butterfly and is gearing up for a strong showing in the 50m freestyle after missing out on the final in that event.
After leading two other women in a former national record, Emma Terebo will return to the pool in the women's 200m backstroke. Having already beaten her qualifying time this morning, Terebo will be looking to repeat that time this evening.
Damien Jolie He is the top seed in the 800m with a time of 7:47.44 but will face stiff competition. Pacome BrikHe was born 13 years after Jolie.
Women's 50m Butterfly – Final
- World Record: 24.43 – Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2023)
- World Junior Record: 25.46 – Rikako Ikee, Japan (2017)
- French Record: 25.17 – Melanie Henic (2021)
- 2021 Winning Time: 25.17 – Melanie Henike
- Olympic Qualification Time: N/A
Top 3
- Melanie Henic (CN Marseille) – 25.60
- Matty Ndoye-Brouard (Dauphin d'Annechy) – 26.51
- Alban Cachot (Dauphin Toulouse OEC) – 26.55
One of the best 50m flyers in the world and three-time World Championship medalist Melanie Enik won the final with ease. By the halfway point, she had opened up a half-length lead over her nearest rival. Enik stayed strong until the end, touching the wall in 25.60 seconds, nearly a second ahead of Mati Ndiyoye-Brouard, to take the easy win.
Henik is a 50m specialist and will have to wait until the 50m freestyle to get a chance to represent France at their home Olympics.
Men's 200m Butterfly – Final
- World Record: 1:50.34 – Christophe Milak, HUN (2022)
- World Junior Record: 1:53.79 – Christophe Milak, HUN (2017)
- French Record: 1:52.43 – Leon Marchand (2023)
- 2021 Winning Time: 1:55.40 – Leon Marchand
- Olympic Qualifying Time: 1:55.78
Top 3
- Leon Marchand (Dauphin Toulouse OEC) – 1:54.08 ***Olympic Qualifier***
- Noyant Taillant (Clamart Natation 92) – 1:56.17
- Sandro Anras-Malouf (Apt Toulouse) – 2:00.22
The result was never in doubt. The only question was how fast. Marchand had to face the challenge of swimming the 200 butterfly and the 200 breaststroke twice on the same day. Marchand started in 54.54, finished in 29.31 and 30.23, and hit the wall in 1:54.08. Though slower than his national record, the swim appears to be his third-fastest swim after his 1:53.43 in Fukuoka and his 1:53.37 at the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, and is also a new meet record. The swim propels him to fourth place in the world rankings.
| 2 | Christophe Miracle |
Hmph | 1:53.94 | 06/01 |
| 3 | fine Temple gate |
Japanese | 1:54.07 | 03/21 |
| Four | Ilya Karan |
can | 1:54.41 | 05/17 |
| Five | Quan Hung one |
Tennessee | 1:54.53 | 09/29 |
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Noyant Taillant improved his time by more than two seconds from his qualifying time, but fell just 0.39 seconds short of his qualifying time.
Women's 200 Backstroke Final
- World Record: 2:03.14 – Kayleigh McKeown, Australia (2023)
- World Junior Record: 2:03.35 – Regan Smith, USA (2019)
- French Record: 2:06.64 – Laura Manaudou (2:06.64)
- 2021 Winning Time: 2:12.84 – Fantine Lesaffre
- Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:10.39
Top 3
- Emma Terebo (Amiens Métropole National) – 2:08.53
- Pauline Matthew (Canet 66 Natacion) – 2:09.28
- Rouen Guiton (Stade Béthune Pélican Club) – 2:12.15
The winner of the 100m backstroke, new national record holder Emma Terebo, finished in 1:01.49, beating former 100m backstroke record holder Pauline Mathieu by 0.47 seconds. The pair pulled away and battled back and forth over the final 100m of the race, Mathieu improving by a few tenths of a second on her third 50m, but Terebo burst forward to win in 2:08.53, shaving nearly two seconds off her qualifying time.
Pauline Mathieu, who finished second in 2:09.28 but, more importantly, ran under the qualifying standard of 2:10.39 and will join Terrebo as a French Olympian in Paris, was quoted as saying after the race and during an interview.
Men's 800m Freestyle Final
- World Record: 7:32.12 – Zhang Lin, China (2009)
- World Junior Record: 7:43.37 – Lorenzo Garossi ITA (2022)
- French Record: 7:42.08 – David Aubry (2019)
- 2021 Winning Time: 7:54.31 – Logan Fontaine
- Olympic Qualifying Time: 7:51.65
Top 3
- Ahmed Jaudi (SC Thionville) – 7:45.31
- Pacomé Brik (Stade de Vanves) – 7:48.63
- David Obree (Montpellier) – 7:49.44
Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Jaudi set a blistering pace from the beginning of the race and began to pull away from the rest of the field, taking the lead at the 400m mark with a time of 3:50.74, 2.48 seconds ahead of the nearest Frenchman. Damien JolieBy the 600m mark the lead had grown to more than three seconds, but the French were clearly not up to the challenge, with Joly, Pacôme Bric and David Aubry all within half a body length of each other.
Bricaud, the youngest of the three, took the lead from his neighbors and began to close the gap on Jaoudi, but it was too late as the Tunisian set a new course record of 7:45.31. Bricaud finished 3.32 seconds back in 7:48.63, almost a second ahead of David Aubrey's time of 7:49.44. Both Bricaud and Aubrey qualified for the OQT, putting them in the running for the Paris Games.
Jaudi's swim has propelled him to ninth in the world rankings.
| 2 | Elijah Winnington |
Australia | 7:42.95 | 02/14 |
| 3 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
it is | 7:42.98 | 02/14 |
| Four | Samuel short |
Australia | 7:43.98 | 04/19 |
| Five | Robert Finke |
united states of america | 7:44.22 | 06/18 |
| 6 | Sven Schwartz |
Germany | 7:44.29 | 02/14 |
| 7 | Christophe Lasovsky |
Hmph | 7:44.42 | 02/14 |
| 8 | Luke Whitlock |
united states of america | 7:45.19 | 06/18 |
| 9 | Oliver Clemmet |
Germany | 7:46.03 | 04/21 |
| 9 | Woomin Kim |
Korean | 7:46.03 | 09/28 |
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Women's 50m Breaststroke Final
- World Record: 29.16 – Ruta Meiluitte, LTU (2023)
- World Junior Record: 29.30 – Benedetta Pilato (2021)
- French record: 30.82 – Charlotte Bonnet (2023)
- 2021 Winning time: 31.80 – Fanny Debelgues
- Olympic Qualification Time: N/A
Top 3
Men's 200 Breaststroke – Final
- World Record: 2:05.48 Qin Haiyang, China (2023)
- World Junior Record: 2:08.04 – Dong Zhihao, China (2023)
- French Record: 2:06.99 – Leon Marchand (2023)
- 2021 Winning Time: 2:10.21 – Antoine Viquerat
- Olympic Qualifying Time: 2:09.68
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