{"id":615080,"date":"2025-06-15T10:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=615080"},"modified":"2025-06-22T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T03:09:38","slug":"anastasia-kirpichnikova-yohann-ndoye-brouard-post-day-two-wins-at-french-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/anastasia-kirpichnikova-yohann-ndoye-brouard-post-day-two-wins-at-french-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia Kirpichnikova, Yohann Ndoye Brouard Post Day Two Wins at French Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anastasia Kirpichnikova, Yohann Ndoye Brouard Post Day Two Wins at French Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Olympic silver medalist in the women’s 1500 freestyle booked her ticket back to the World Championships with a resounding victory in the 30-lap event at the French Championships in Montpellier while\u00a0Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/strong> led a trio of French men under the Worlds qualifying time in the 100 backstroke.<\/p>\n

Anastasiia Kirpichnikova<\/strong> turned in a mark of 15:55.27 in the 1500 free, moving her to No. 5 in the world rankings this year. The only swimmers ahead of her are Katie Ledecky<\/strong>,\u00a0Lani Pallister<\/strong>,\u00a0Li Bingjie<\/strong> and\u00a0Isabel Gose<\/strong>. Ledecky and Gose join Kirpichnikova on the podium in the event in the Paris Olympic final. Kirpichnikova’s time of 15:40.89 from the Olympics ranks her No. 5 in history in the event. The top-three finishers included Clemence Cocordano<\/strong> (16:31.83) and\u00a0Carla Serra<\/strong> (16:33.10).<\/p>\n

Ndoye Brouard snuck into the world top-10 in the 100 back with his time of 52.81 while Mewen Tomac<\/strong> came in at 53.27 for second place. Both swimmers easily cleared the French qualifying mark of 53.74, as did third-place finisher\u00a0Michel Arkhangelsky<\/strong> (53.69).<\/p>\n