Colin Abgrall
11:22 a.m., August 12, 2022
The European Swimming Championships started Thursday in Rome. Two bronze medals have already been won by France in synchronized swimming and in the four-times 200 relay. We still have a lot of chance of getting on the podium, despite the absence in the French delegation of the young talent Léo Marchand.
The European Swimming Championships started Thursday in Rome. The double world champion Léo Marchand did not accompany his comrades. He remains in the United States where he trains with Bob Bowman, the former mentor of Michael Phelps, the man with 23 Olympic gold medals.
“We can have some nice surprises”
But the French delegation, strong from its revival of the Budapest World Championships, came to fill up with confidence. And maybe more, according to Malia Metella, a former five-time European champion.
“It also allows you to confront the best before a big deadline like the Olympic Games”, she explains at the microphone of Europe 1. “And that, it’s fantastic to be able to give them the place. at the European championships, to know where they are. We can have some nice surprises. And the young people who will start to get on the big box, as they say”.
Maxime Grousset in good position
And this may be the case for Maxime Grousset, the headliner on the French side. Vice world champion in the 100 meters, he will be the favorite in the queen distance, but also in the 50 meters for women. Marie Wattel will try to win gold in the 100 meter butterfly to keep her throne acquired in 2000.
Source: Europe1
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