{"id":656671,"date":"2026-11-02T16:44:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=656671"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:54:41","slug":"leon-marchand-headlines-18-strong-france-team-for-world-short-course-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leon-marchand-headlines-18-strong-france-team-for-world-short-course-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Marchand Headlines 18-Strong France Team for World Short Course Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leon Marchand<\/strong> headlines an 18-strong France team that will travel to Beijing next month for the World Short Course Championships.<\/p>\n

The team comprises five men and 13 women with Marchand seeking his first international short course honours. It will conclude a year in which he sustained an adductor injury at the French Championships in June which threatened his appearance at the European Championships in Paris where he won 200 fly and 400 free gold and relay silver and bronze.<\/p>\n

Selection followed the\u00a0 French Elite Championships<\/strong> which concluded in Angers on Sunday and featured national records by Beryl Gastaldello<\/strong> and Sacha Velly<\/strong> as well as several age group standards.<\/p>\n

Gastadello\u2019s 100 back record of 55.66 was her 24^{th<\/sup> individual national standard amid a six-title haul. The 31-year-old now heads to Beijing next month with six world short-course medals under her belt including relay gold at Melbourne 2022.<\/p>\n}

Velly \u2013 the 2024 world and European junior open water champion \u2013 went third in the 1500 free rankings for 2026 in 14:19.11.<\/p>\n

Maxime Grousset claimed five golds and a silver in Angers and has three medals to his name from Melbourne 2022 and Budapest 2024.<\/p>\n

Sauveur Cristofini and Jeanne Lechevalier \u2013 both 16 – make their global short-course debuts with Lysander Osman called up for the first time.<\/p>\n

France team for the World Short Course Championships, Beijing, 1-6 December<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beryl Gastaldello<\/p>\n

Jeanne Lechevalier<\/p>\n

Pauline Mahieu<\/p>\n

Mary-Ambre Moluh<\/p>\n

Analie Pigree<\/p>\n

Men<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carl Aitkaci<\/p>\n

David Aubry<\/p>\n

Sauveur Cristofini<\/p>\n

Roman Fuchs<\/p>\n

Maxime Grousset<\/p>\n

Damien Joly<\/p>\n

Leon Marchand<\/p>\n

Emile Mattenet<\/p>\n

Yohann Ndoye Brouard<\/p>\n

Lysander Osman<\/p>\n

Clement Secchi<\/p>\n

Mewen Tomac<\/p>\n

Wissam-Amazigh Yebba<\/p>\n

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