{"id":611470,"date":"2025-05-09T11:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=611470"},"modified":"2025-05-09T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:31:22","slug":"mary-sophie-harvey-into-400im-top-five-in-2025-as-she-marrit-steenbergen-enjoy-double-gold-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mary-sophie-harvey-into-400im-top-five-in-2025-as-she-marrit-steenbergen-enjoy-double-gold-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary-Sophie Harvey Into 400IM Top Five In 2025 As She & Marrit Steenbergen Enjoy Double Gold In Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mary-Sophie Harvey Into 400IM Top Five In 2025 As She & Marrit Steenbergen Enjoy Double Gold In Paris<\/h4>\n

Mary-Sophie Harvey<\/strong> and Marrit Steenbergen<\/strong> each made two trips to the top of the podium on day one of the Giant Open in Paris.<\/p>\n

Harvey enjoyed a medal-laden meet at the 2024 edition and she returned to the French capital to post 4:35.73 in the 400IM as she sliced 0.75 from her previous best of 4:36.48 that had stood for almost eight years since the Sette Colli<\/strong> meet in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Mary-Sophie Harvey: Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Her fellow Canadian and Olympic champion Summer McIntosh<\/strong> leads the 2025 rankings with her 4:26.98 from the TYR Pro Swim Series Westmont in March, almost seven seconds swifter than Paris bronze medallist Emma Weyant<\/strong> who posted 4:33.95 last week in Fort Lauderdale. Harvey though has propelled herself into the realm of the 4:35s where she joins Irish record-holder Ellen Walshe<\/strong> (4:35.32) and Mio Narita<\/strong> (4:35.39).<\/p>\n

The two-time world relay bronze medallist moved fourth in the all-time Canadian rankings behind McIntosh and her shuddering WR of 4:24.38, Emily Overholt<\/strong> (4:32.52) and Sydney Pickrem<\/strong> (4:32.88).<\/p>\n

Out in 29.17, Harvey reached the first turn 1.14secs ahead of her nearest challenger Cyrielle Duhamel<\/strong> who finished in 4:41.28 with the pair the only women inside 5mins as\u00a0Sth\u00e9lyna Mongin\u00a0<\/strong>took bronze in 5:06.02.<\/p>\n

She returned for the 200 free in the final event of the evening. There Harvey led throughout to enjoy a comfortable victory in 1:56.76, 10 months after missing the Olympic podium by one place and 0.74. Lucile Tessariol<\/strong> was more than three seconds adrift in second (1:59.99) with Lilou Ressencourt<\/strong> third in 2:00.97.<\/p>\n

The three-day meet is being held at the\u00a0Olympic Aquatics Centre<\/strong>\u00a0M\u00e9tropole du Grand Paris, <\/strong>which staged the diving and artistic swimming at Paris 2024<\/strong>, and plays host to next year’s European Championships.<\/p>\n

Steenbergen Clinches Double Gold; Victories For Proud & Grousset In Paris<\/h3>\n

First up for Steenbergen was the women’s 50 free which she won in 24.68, 0.06 ahead of Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> who clocked 24.74 with the pair well clear of the Netherlands’ Sam van Nunen<\/strong> (25.29).<\/p>\n

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Marrit Steenbergen: Photo Courtesy: Giorgio Scala \/ Deepbluemedia \/ Insidefoto<\/p><\/div>\n

The double gold medallist at the Doha World Championships returned for the 100m breaststroke in which she posted a PB to enjoy a clear victory in 1:08.86. Adele Blanchetiere<\/strong> (1:09.95) and Louann Soulard<\/strong> (1:10.79) joined her on the podium.<\/p>\n

Ben Proud<\/strong> headed the men’s 50 fly with the 2017 world champion stopping the clock in 23.51 although the home crowd were denied the chance to see Maxime Grousset<\/strong> with the 2022 and 2023 world bronze medallist DQd in the semis. Lukas Edl<\/strong> of Austria was next home in 23.64 with Alexandre D’Agata<\/strong> third in 23.68.<\/p>\n

Grousset did appear for the 100 free final where he posted 48.25 for a clear victory ahead of Ali Sayed<\/strong> of Qatar (49.74) and Corentin Pouillart<\/strong> (49.98).<\/p>\n

Ndoye Brouard & Andrew Share The Spoils<\/h3>\n

Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/strong> – who led off the French men’s 4×1 medley quartet that claimed bronze in Paris last year – shared the 50 back title with Michael Andrew<\/strong> in 25.18. Bernhard Reitshammer<\/strong> of Austria was next home in 25.26.<\/p>\n

The evening session got underway with the women’s 800 free which featured Anastasia Kirpichnikova<\/strong>, the Olympic silver medallist in the 1500. Imani de Jong<\/strong> led in the early stages before the Frenchwoman went ahead by the 200m mark and pulled away in the second half of the race for victory in 8:35.14. Anna Egorova<\/strong> (8:39.39) and De Jong (8:41.96) claimed the minor spoils.<\/p>\n

David Aubry<\/strong> moved past Swann Plaza<\/strong> on the fifth 50 of the men’s 400 to come home in 3:51.14 with Plaza second in 3:52.46 and Romain Raguenaud<\/strong> third in 3:52.89.<\/p>\n

Apostolos Siskos<\/strong> of Greece won the men’s 200 fly in 1:57.40 with Noyan Taylan<\/strong> the first Frenchman home in 1:59.68,\u00a0Antoine Marc<\/strong> took the men’s 200m breaststroke title in 2:10.84 and\u00a0Bertille Cousson<\/strong> won the women’s 200 back (2:10.89).<\/p>\n