2023-12-23 13:59:54
Published on December 23, 2023 at 2:59 p.m. – updated on December 23, 2023 at 8:57 p.m.
L’Equipe reveals this Saturday that the legendary American Bob Bowman will indeed accompany Léon Marchand full-time during the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
He is undoubtedly one of the greatest chances of French gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as he dominates the “4 medley” discipline. Léon Marchand intends to use all possible ingredients to shine at home, and the French swimming prodigy (21 years old) received good news when he learned that his coach in the United States, Bob Bowman, will be there with him in time. full in Paris next summer. The team reveals this Saturday that the 59-year-old coach, who shaped the man with 23 Olympic titles Michael Phelps, will have accreditation from the French team during the Olympics. During the last world championships, in Fukuoka in July, the South Carolina native was “97.5% head coach of the United States team”, according to his words, while having an eye on the swimmers foreigners whom he trains in Arizona, starting with Marchand, crowned world champion in the 200 and 400m medley and the 200m butterfly in Japan. In Paris, he will not have the American cap on his head. “I will be there for Léon but I will also have the freedom to work with all my other athletes, whether they are American, Hungarian or Canadian. France authorizes it for me even though the conditions would be stricter on the side of the American team,” Bowman confided to the sports daily. The coach who trained him in Toulouse, Nicolas Castel, will also be at his side, in order to put the swimmer in the best possible conditions.
Bowman: “I will be with Léon every step of the way”
Coach of Léon Marchand at Arizona State University since the fall of 2021, Bob Bowman has taken the young Frenchman under his wing and intends to take him to the summit of Olympus in Paris. “As soon as he asked me, I promised that I would accompany him throughout this momentous journey, I was committed to it. I will therefore be with Léon every step of the way, to guide him through the many challenges that can make his journey unique. The whole country will focus its attention on him. And since I have a little experience, I think I can help him manage all that “, explains Bowman in The team. Léon Marchand, who will have to go through the French championships in Chartres in June to validate his Olympic qualification, will line up in Paris for 200m medley and 400m medley of course, but might also double 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke, without forgetting the relay. For an Olympic harvest that all French people already dream of…
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