{"id":508090,"date":"2022-06-21T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?post_type=product&#038;p=508090"},"modified":"2022-07-02T14:47:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T21:47:45","slug":"sw-biweekly-leon-marchand-the-new-french-king","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product\/sw-biweekly-leon-marchand-the-new-french-king\/","title":{"rendered":"SW Biweekly &#8211; Leon Marchand: The New French King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FEATURES<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>008 RANKING THE TOP 10 WOMEN\u2019S PERFORMANCES FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nThe swimming competition at the 19th World Championships, July 18-25, in Budapest, Hungary produced a wide range of world champions\u2014from 15-year-old breakout star Summer McIntosh of Canada to Sweden\u2019s 28-year-old Sarah Sjostrom winning a gold medal at a sixth different edition of Worlds.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>012 RANKING THE TOP 10 MEN\u2019S PERFORMANCES FROM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nEight days of competition at the FINA World Championships in Budapest included impressive efforts throughout, and a pair of swims on the men\u2019s side resulted in individual world records.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 19th FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Budapest, Hungary):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>016 GREGORIO PALTRINIERI AND ITALY CONTINUE TO ELEVATE GLOBAL PRESENCE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>017 SUMMER McINTOSH HAS OFFICIALLY ARRIVED; NOW POINTING TOWARD GREATNESS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>020 SARAH SJOSTROM CLAIMS SECOND WORLD CROWN IN 50 FREE &amp; FOURTH STRAIGHT MEDAL<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Liz Byrnes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>022 DAVID POPOVICI, KRISTOF MILAK POSE RARE THREATS TO CAELEB DRESSEL DOMINANCE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>023 CAELEB DRESSEL WITHDRAWAL LEAVES HOLE AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>024 KATIE LEDECKY PULLS AWAY FROM SUMMER McINTOSH TO RETAKE 400 FREE WORLD TITLE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>026 KATIE LEDECKY ANNIHILATES FIELD FOR ANOTHER 1500 FREESTYLE TITLE;<br \/>\nKATIE GRIMES COMPLETES U.S. 1-2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>028 KATIE LEDECKY WINS 800 FREE, FIRST TO WIN 5 STRAIGHT WORLD TITLES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Matthew DeGeorge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>030 TORRI HUSKE\u2019S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PUT HER IN ELITE COMPANY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Matthew DeGeorge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>032 FLORIAN WELLBROCK, ANA MARCELA CUNHA CLAIM 5K GOLD MEDALS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>034 LEON MARCHAND THREATENS MICHAEL PHELPS\u2019 WORLD RECORD EN ROUTE TO 400 IM GOLD<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Matthew DeGeorge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #181b70;\"><strong>036 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this issue if SW Biweekly, read about <strong>Leon Marchand<\/strong>, who just produced the second-fastest swim in history in the 400-meter IM, not far off the world record of <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong>. 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