Paris Olympics: French swimmer Leon Marchand qualifies for final
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00:00of expectation on this young man's shoulders, but he seems really in his
00:03element despite the pressure. The 22-year-old who is appearing in his
00:08first of finals in the swimming pool this evening in Nanterre. The
00:1322-year-old is going for four gold medals. He's cruised through his heats
00:17today in the 400-meter individual medley, getting the best time in the heats.
00:22France are hoping that he will end a 12-year drought in the pool when it
00:28comes to gold medals for the French. A lot of French people here today very
00:32excited about seeing him get hopefully the first gold medal in the pool for
00:37the French this evening. He's going for four in total. He's really come on leaps
00:41and bounds since being under the wing of Michael Phelps, old former coach
00:46Bob Bowman. Léon Marchand looking to make history here this evening in Paris.
00:51Hopefully he is the favorite to get his first gold medal this evening.