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Leon Marchand, Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m Take Top Honours At European Aquatics Athlete Of The Year Awards<\/h4>\n

Leon Marchand<\/strong> and Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m\u00a0<\/b>have been named best male and female swimmer of 2024 in the European Aquatics Awards.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman finished ahead of David Popovici, Thomas Ceccon, Kristof Milak<\/strong> and Daniel Wiffen<\/strong> with 63.5% of the total vote from the public and federations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marchand won four titles at Paris 2024, securing the 200\/400IM double, the 200 fly and 200 breaststroke and all in Olympic record time.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman shattered Michael Phelps<\/strong>\u2019 Olympic mark in the 400IM clocking 4:02.95 as he opened his account at a feverish La Defense Arena.<\/p>\n

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Leon Marchand: Photo Courtesy: Deepbluemedia<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up was the 200 fly in which he trailed defending champion Milak by 0.72 at the final turn. However, superb underwaters saw Marchand saw him eat into the Hungarian\u2019s lead. With around 25m to go, Marchand moved on to Milak’s shoulder before going ahead to accelerate into the wall 0.04 inside the Olympic standard in 1:51.21.<\/p>\n

Marchand wrapped up the gold medal in the men\u2019s 200 fly right around 8:40 local time in Paris. He had the medal ceremony at 9:35, then was back in the water at 10:31 to chase the 200 breast which he won in 2:05.85.<\/p>\n

He finished his individual programme in the 200IM, taking gold in 1:54.06, only 0.06 shy of Ryan Lochte’s WR.<\/p>\n

Marchand also took a bronze in the men\u2019s 4x100m medley relay in which he swam the breaststroke leg as France finished behind China and the USA.<\/p>\n

With that he became only the third man – after Phelps and Mark Spitz<\/strong> – to claim four titles at a single Olympics.<\/p>\n

Marchand, coached by Bob Bowman<\/strong> at Texas, followed that up by making his debut on the World Cup tour. There he took the overall men’s title where he clinched gold in the 100m, 200m, and 400IM events across all three of the stops in the series.<\/p>\n

At the Singapore stop, Leon Marchand set a new short-course world record in the 200IM with a time of 1:48.88 as well as a European 100IM mark of 49.92.<\/p>\n

Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m Recognised After Golden 2024<\/h3>\n

Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m claimed the women’s honour<\/a> for the sixth time following another glittering year, finishing ahead of Isabel Gose, Anastasia Gorbenko, Anastasiya Kirpichnikova<\/strong> and Tes Schouten<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Swede started her 2024 with two golds at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha with her season culminating\u00a0in Paris where she won gold in the 50m and 100m freestyle, eight years after winning the 100m butterfly at Rio 2016 as she brought her overall medal haul to six.<\/p>\n

At the Doha worlds, she stormed to her sixth straight 50 fly title<\/a> with the third fastest time in history of 24.63 before completing the three-peat<\/a> in the 50 free in 23.69, for her fourth world crown.<\/p>\n

Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m arrived in Paris intending to only compete on an individual basis in the 50 free as she and coach Antonio Lutula<\/strong>\u00a0thought the one-length prelims would start the day after the 100.<\/p>\n

That was until around eight weeks before Paris when teammate\u00a0Michelle Coleman<\/strong>\u00a0pointed out there were two full days between the 100 free final and the 50 prelims on 3 August.<\/p>\n

With Coleman the sole Swedish representative in the 100 free and a slot available, Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m and Lutula agreed she\u2019d enter before making a final decision in Paris.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m: Photo Courtesy: La Presse<\/p><\/div>\n

Her first race in the French capital saw her split 51.99 on the second leg in the 4\u00d7100 free prelims before she led off in 52.53 in the final as Sweden finished fifth in a national record 0f 3:33.79.<\/p>\n

She was still uncertain about entering the individual event, telling Swimming World:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWe did the relay and we were like is it worth it? Are we going to do the 100 because I did 52.5 again? But also my coach told me your taper\u2019s not 100% there yet because we saved the taper so I could be in shape for the 50 free and the 100 later in the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said it\u2019s a good idea to do the 100 to have something to do but also remember the favourites never usually win. Also, we saw a lot of the fastest girls had the 200 free final the day before the 100 free starts so they will be a little bit more tired.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like maybe we\u2019re just going to dive in and see what happens because I\u2019m never going to find out if I don\u2019t do it. So that was the mindset, I was curious to find out what I can do but it wasn\u2019t like I was thinking okay, let\u2019s win, let\u2019s win, let\u2019s win. It was just like some curiosity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fourth at the halfway point, Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m moved through the field to touch the wall first in 52.16secs ahead of\u00a0Torri Huske<\/strong>\u00a0(52.29) and\u00a0Siobhan Haughey<\/strong>\u00a0(52.33).<\/p>\n

With that,\u00a0she claimed her first global 100 free title<\/a>\u00a0after bronze at\u00a0Rio 2016<\/strong>\u00a0and four silvers and a bronze across five World Championships between 2013 and 2022.<\/p>\n

The spotlight was firmly on her for the 50.\u00a0A 23.85 prelims-topper was followed by\u00a023.66 in the semis<\/a>, the third-fastest in history and 0.05 off her\u00a0world record of 23.61<\/a>\u00a0from the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n

Come the final and\u00a0Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m stopped the clock in 23.71<\/a>\u00a0to claim her second gold of the Games ahead of\u00a0Meg Harris<\/strong>\u00a0(23.97) and\u00a0Zhang Yufei<\/strong>\u00a0(24.20), three years after silver in Tokyo where a broken elbow threatened her very participation.<\/p>\n

Following Paris, Sj\u00f6str\u00f6m got married to Johan de Jong Skierus<\/strong> and announced in December<\/a> that she was planning to bypass competition in 2025 with a sixth Olympics at LA 2028 still a possibility.<\/p>\n

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