{"id":591055,"date":"2024-07-22T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=591055"},"modified":"2024-07-22T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T15:00:21","slug":"olympic-swimming-predictions-day-2-leon-marchand-heavily-favored-for-first-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-2-leon-marchand-heavily-favored-for-first-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 2: Leon Marchand Heavily Favored For First Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 2: Leon Marchand Heavily Favored For First Gold Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>After one hundred years, the world\u2019s premier sporting event returns to Paris. The 2024 Summer Olympics will begin July 26, and there will be 329 events in 32 sports, with roughly 10,500 athletes from 184 countries. This year\u2019s Games mark the third time that Paris will have hosted the event, becoming only the second city to do so. Swimming\u2019s 35 pool events will begin on Saturday, July 27, and will continue for nine days through Aug. 4 at the Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena. Following is how Swimming World sees the action unfolding.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/paris-2024\/sports\/swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-one-ariarne-titmus-favored-in-loaded-400-freestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><b>MEN\u2019S 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expect this to be the first golden moment for <strong><b>Leon Marchand<\/b><\/strong> at the Paris Games, with fans in his home country sure to explode if Marchand can lower the world record of 4:02.50 that he set at last year\u2019s World Championships, when he wiped <strong><b>Michael Phelps\u2019<\/b><\/strong> final individual mark from the books. Marchand is the fastest active swimmer by more than four seconds, and he is the strongest gold-medal favorite in any men\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Carson Foster<\/b><\/strong> has won silver at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships behind Marchand, and he enters Paris with the world\u2019s fastest time this year (4:07.64). Veterans <strong><b>Daiya Seto<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Lewis Clareburt<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Max Litchfield<\/b><\/strong>, <strong><b>Brendon Smith<\/b><\/strong> and <strong><b>Chase Kalisz<\/b><\/strong> are all past international medal winners in this event, with Kalisz winning gold in Tokyo.<strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>4:02.50 Leon Marchand, FRA (Fukuoka 7-23-23)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>2024 World Rankings:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>4:09.14\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Max Litchfield, GBR (4-4)<br \/>\n4:09.59\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4. Ilia Borodin, RUS (4-18)<br \/>\n4:09.68\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5. Daiya Seto, JPN (6-22)<br \/>\n4:09.72\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6. Lewis Clareburt, NZL (2-18)<br \/>\n4:10.04\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7. Tomoyuki Matsushita, JPN (3-18)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Team USA<em><i>:<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><\/b><\/strong>4:07.64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Carson Foster, USA (6-16)<br \/>\n4:09.39\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3. Chase Kalisz, USA (6-16)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Leon Marchand, France<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Carson Foster, USA<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Chase Kalisz, USA<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><b>WOMEN\u2019S 100 BUTTERFLY<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_588009\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-588009\" data-attachment-id=\"588009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-swimming-predictions-day-2-leon-marchand-heavily-favored-for-first-gold-medal\/gretchen-walsh-95\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. 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Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-588009 size-medium-small\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"gretchen walsh\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/gretchen-walsh-2024-Olympic-Trials-2451-Edit.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-588009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gretchen Walsh &#8212; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At last month\u2019s U.S. Olympic Trials, <strong><b>Regan Smith<\/b><\/strong> finished third in the 100 fly at 55.62, tying her for fifth all-time in the event, yet she did not earn a spot in Paris in the event. That\u2019s because <strong><b>Gretchen Walsh<\/b><\/strong> broke <strong><b>Sarah Sjostrom\u2019s<\/b><\/strong> eight-year-old world record (55.48) in the semifinals. She then backed up the mark the next night with <strong><b>Torri Huske<\/b><\/strong>, the 2022 world champion in the event, eclipsing her previous American record.<\/p>\n<p>The two Americans will have competition from a trio of others with global titles in this event: defending Olympic champion <strong><b>Maggie Mac Neil<\/b><\/strong> of Canada, 2023 world champion <strong><b>Zhang Yufei<\/b><\/strong> of China and 2024 world champion <strong><b>Angelina Kohler<\/b><\/strong> of Germany, while Australia\u2019s <strong><b>Emma McKeon<\/b><\/strong> looms as a wild card.<strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>55.18sf Gretchen Walsh (Indianapolis 6-15-24)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>2024 World Rankings:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>56.11sf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4. Angelina Kohler, GER (2-11)<br \/>\n56.36\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5. Zhang Yufei, CHN (4-20)<br \/>\n56.54p\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6. Margaret MacNeil, CAN (5-13)<br \/>\n56.58\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7. Emma McKeon, AUS (4-20)<br \/>\n56.77\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9. Brianna Throssell, AUS (4-20)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Team USA:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>55.18s\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01. Gretchen Walsh (6-15)<br \/>\n55.52\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Torri Huske (6-16)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Gretchen Walsh, USA<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Torri Huske, USA<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Zhang Yufei, China<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><b>MEN\u2019S 100 BREASTSTROKE<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam Peaty will try to achieve a feat that only <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> has ever accomplished among male swimmers: win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event. After a stretch defined by injuries and mental struggles, Peaty swam his fastest time in two-and-a-half years with a 57.94 at the British Championships in April. His toughest competition for Paris will be <strong>Qin Haiyang<\/strong>, the Chinese swimmer who swept all three breaststroke events at last year\u2019s Worlds.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s <strong>Nicolo Martinenghi<\/strong> and the Netherlands\u2019 <strong>Arno Kamminga<\/strong> joined Peaty on the Olympic podium in 2021, and American Nic Fink has been among the most successful swimmers in this event in recent years, winning the world title earlier this year, ahead of Martinenghi. Other contenders who have posted 58s this year include China\u2019s Sun Jiajun, Australia\u2019s Sam Williamson, Germany\u2019s <strong>Melvin Imoudo<\/strong> and Russia\u2019s <strong>Evgenii<\/strong> <strong>Somov<\/strong>, who will be competing as a neutral athlete.<strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>World Record: <\/b><\/strong>56.88 Adam Peaty, GBR (Gwangju 7-21-19)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>2024 World Rankings:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>57.94\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Adam Peaty, GBR (4-2)<br \/>\n58.24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2. Qin Yaiyang, CHN (4-20)<br \/>\n58.72\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04. Evgenii Somov, RUS (5-16)<br \/>\n58.73\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5. Sun Jiajun, CHN (4-20)<br \/>\n58.80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6. Sam Williamson, AUS (6-10)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Team USA:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/strong>58.57\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3. Nic Fink, USA (2-12)<br \/>\n59.16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11. Charlie Swanson (6-16)<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Gold:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Qin Haiyang, China<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Silver:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Adam Peaty, Great Britain<br \/>\n<\/i><\/em><strong><b>Bronze:<\/b><\/strong> <em><i>Nicolo Martinenghi, Italy<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 2: Leon Marchand Heavily Favored For First Gold Medal After one hundred years, the world\u2019s premier sporting event returns to Paris. 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