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Leon Marchand returned to his hometown of Toulouse, France, to train for the Olympic Games, which are attracting international attention. (Photo by Sarah Steele/Getty Images)
PARIS — Nearly 400 miles south of Paris, in a city known for its foie gras and booming aerospace industry, several swimming coaches are quietly tweaking their not-so-secret weapon.
Former Arizona State University swimmer Leon Marchand has returned home to Toulouse to prepare for the biggest event in the world, the Paris Olympics.
”We’re trying to protect him from everything,” said Nicolas Castel, his coach at the Les Dauphins du TOEC swimming club in Toulouse. “We want him to focus on what he needs to do.”
Part of that defense may involve dodging questions about Michael Phelps. These comparisons are hard to ignore.
At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, 15-year-old Phelps made his first Olympic appearance. Although he did not win a medal that year, his trip to the Olympics showed that he is one of the greatest athletes in all sports. Four years later, at the Athens Olympics, he won eight medals and six golds, beginning a dominance that would dominate the sport for nearly two decades.
Almost a quarter of a century after the Sydney Olympics, we see the potential for history to repeat itself. French swimmer Marchand, like Phelps, is preparing for his second Olympics. Can he become the next big star in swimming and all Olympic sports? The former Arizona State University swimmer is looking to make it happen.
“I’m really confident,” Marchand said. “I think I can do it. If not, no big deal. I’ll get ready for the next one. But I think now is the right time to do it.”
Marchand, born in Toulouse in the south of France, has been a rising swimming star at the last two Olympics. It runs in his blood. His father, Xavier Marchand, is a former Olympic swimmer and world silver medalist. His mother, Céline Bonnet, is the French record holder in this sport.
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Like Phelps, Marchand made his Olympic debut at age 19. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he competed in three relays, one of which reached the final, and competed in the men’s 200m butterfly, but did not medal.
Since then, Marchand has become a swimming superstar. After the Tokyo Olympics, he joined the Arizona State University swimming and diving team, training under respected coach Bob Bowman, who played under Philp during his tenure. He coached during his tenure and then moved to the University of Texas. At Arizona State, Marchand became one of the greatest athletes to ever wear the maroon and gold, culminating with him and his team winning the 2024 NCAA Championship for the first time in school history.
Marchand broke NCAA records in almost every event he swam in in college. He holds records in the 200m individual medley (1:36.34), 200m breaststroke (1:46.35), 500m freestyle (4:02.31), and 400m individual medley. (2:57.32) and freestyle (2:57.32), 42.40). runner. . Most importantly, at the 2023 World Championships, he broke Phelps’ record in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4 minutes, 02.50 seconds.
Standing next to him on the podium, his hand raised to present him with a medal after breaking a record for more than 20 years, was the man he always followed: Michael Phelps.
”It’s crazy,” Marchand said after the record-breaking game. “It’s crazy to do this here. I watched a lot of Phelps’ games. It’s crazy to see him and then beat his record.”
Muschamp’s legacy at ASU will last long. During his years with the program, he broke 11 school records, seven of which were individual.
ASU swimming and diving coach Herbie Boehm has worked extensively with Marchand and all the Olympians in the program. Boehm is an experienced coach and former Arizona State University swimmer who has seen many accomplished athletes train in the waters of the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe. None of them train at Marchand’s level.
“There were a few times in training where he would do 500-meter drills at 4:30 intervals and then drop to 4:17,” Boehm said. “He does some really crazy things in practice… He has such a wide skill set that he’s one of the top 400 IM players of all time.”
In addition to breaking school records after records, Marchand continues to excel academically, which helps set the standard for the entire team.
In the spring, his last semester at ASU, he graduated with a computer science degree with a staggering 18 credits, “while breaking records and updating all the NCAA record books,” Boehm said. “He does more than just work hard in the pool. He’s a very impressive guy.”
However, Marchand’s success is not connected only with him. Boehm owes a lot to the atmosphere created by the right coach.
“This only happens when the environment is ripe,” Boehm said. “He is the pinnacle of what can be done, but the environment has to be right. So everyone is here to help build this.”
Even if Marchand becomes the greatest Olympian in history, he will likely go down in history as the best athlete to ever come out of Arizona State. This would mean greater fame for his alma mater abroad.
“Leon’s presence at the Olympics means a lot (to us),” ASU athletic director Graham Rossini said. “We strive for excellence in everything we do, and Leon serves as a great lens for us to see all the great things happening at ASU.”
The newfound fame is already paying dividends for the university. An ASU student recently told Rossini that while studying abroad in Argentina this summer, he met women from France who knew about Leon and his swimming success at ASU.
“This is a great example of how sport unites the world,” Rossini said. “These young women in France know ASU.”
For all his accomplishments at Tempe and at the 2023 World Championships, Marchand now has a chance to do what even Phelps hasn’t done: win a gold medal and break the record in his home country.
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Following the NCAA Tournament, Marchand announced that he would leave Arizona State to turn pro and prepare for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Bowman said he would follow him and become a member of the French team’s staff to guide Marchand throughout the game.
Marchand’s success has everyone watching his trip to Paris, but he and Bowman know the Olympics bring a different kind of pressure.
“The goal of the Olympics is not necessarily swimming,” Bowman said in May. “First, (he) has to learn to block out some of the noise, because the noise will be there. You have to adapt when things happen. You can’t expect it to be a dreamy series of events where you just go and it will happen. We have been discussing this issue and what this challenge would look like for many years.”
Bowman’s experience coaching Phelps and other international stars gives Mahon the best chance of success as they set out to make the return journey. But with great hope comes great pressure, so Marchand returned to Toulouse after leaving the United States to help break through the noise ahead of the Paris Olympics.
“I didn’t actually go to Toulouse publicly,” Marchand said at a press conference in June. “I am in my family cocoon. I’m still trying to take it step by step. Indeed, since I returned to France, I have been thinking more and more about Paris through the media, pressure and people telling me about Paris.”
Pressure and expectations always come with athletes striving for greatness, especially the level Marchand hopes to achieve. Phelps has faced the same pressure throughout his career, and now it’s time for Marchand to do the same. It took “a lifetime of work” to get to this stage, Boehm said.
Marchand followed in the footsteps Phelps left in the 2000s when he made his Olympic debut and won his first gold medal in 2004. The Frenchman will now have the chance to reach the pinnacle of his homeland and begin his Olympic legacy at the 2024 Paris Games.
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Post time: Oct-08-2024