2024 French Elite Championships
The final night of the 2024 French Elite Championships, a major tournament to determine the country's representatives to host next month's Olympics, took place last night.
29-year-old Charlotte Bonnet She made the most of her final chance to qualify in the individual events, topping the podium in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:11.18, joining the medley relay that had already won the 100m breaststroke earlier in the meet.
In the women's 50m freestyle, Beryl Gastaldello and Melanie Henicke In a closely fought race, they recorded times of 24.51 and 24.53 seconds respectively, beating the World Aquatics Championship Olympic qualifying times.
Powerhouse Leon Marchand He also finished with his fourth individual medley win in the men's 200m individual medley (1:56.33), adding to the 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke and 400m individual medley he had already won.
In the men's 100m butterfly, the gold medalist at the 2023 World Championships will Maxime Gourset While securing his bed Clement Secchi France next qualified to send two representatives to the sprint, the former with an impressive time of 50.59 and the latter with 51.71.
In the long distance freestyle, both David Aubrey and Damien Jolie He passed the men's 1500m freestyle.
Projected lineup by Day 6:
Individual Qualifiers
| Marie Wattel – W. 100 Fly, 100 Free | David Obree – M. 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free |
| Anastasia Kirpichnikova – W. 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free | Mewen Tomac – M. 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke |
| Emma Terebo – W. 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke | Johan Ndoye Bruard – Men's 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke |
| Beryl Gasteldello – Winners 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle | Leon Marchand – Men's 400m Individual Medley, 200m Butterfly, 200m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley |
| Pauline Matthew – W. 200 Back | Maxime Gourset – M. 100 Free, 100 Butterfly |
| Charlotte Bonnet – W. 200 IM | Rafael Fuente Dameres – M. 100 Free |
| Melanie Enig – W. 50 Free | Pacome Bricut – M. 800 Free |
| Damien Jolie – M. 1500 Free | |
| Clement Secchi – M. 100 Fly | |
| Florent Manaudou – M. 50 Free |
Exceeding OQT but likely to be a relay swimmer
| Charlotte Bonnet – 4×100 Medley (breaststroke), 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Antoine Viquerat – 4×100 Medley (Breaststroke) |
| Lucille Tessariol – 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Hadrien Salvan – 4×200 Freestyle Relay, 4×100 Freestyle Relay |
| Marina Yale – 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Yann Le Goff – 4×200 Freestyle Relay |
| Asia Touati – 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Wissam Amazigh Yeba – 4×200 Freestyle Relay |
| Beryl Gastaldello – 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Roman Fuchs – 4×200 Freestyle Relay |
| Mary-Amble Morreux – 4×100 Freestyle Relay | Guillaume Gouß – 4×100 Freestyle Relay |
| Emma Terebo – 4×100 Medley Relay (Back) | Mewen Tomac – 4×100 Medley Relay (Back) |
| Marie Wattel – 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x100m medley relay (fly) | Maxime Gourset – 4×100 Medley Relay (Fly), 4×100 Freestyle Relay |
| Anastasia Kirpichnikova – 4×200 Freestyle Relay | Rafael Fuente Dameres – 4×100 Freestyle Relay |
