2021 LEN EUROPEAN AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Swimming: Monday, May 17th – Sunday, May 23rd, 2021
- Budapest, Hungary
- Prelims at 10:00 am local/Finals at 6:00 pm local
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Leon Marchand posted an image of his sprained finger on Instagram Friday.
Leon Marchand, one of France’s, and Europe’s, top young prospects, has gone home from the European Championships after spraining a finger in the warmup pool
Marchand told SwimSwam on Friday that he ran into the swimmer in front of him in a warmup lane at the European Championships. The swimmer in front of him thought he was alone in the lane and didn’t sense Marchand’s presence.
Marchand is traveling back home to Tolouse, France, and will miss the 400 IM, where he was the 11th seed (4:14.97).
Marchand, who turned 19 earlier this week, is already the French Record holder in the 400 IM in long course, and is the country’s second-fastest swimmer ever in the 200 IM. He also holds French age group records in a number of other events.
He wasn’t entered in the 200 IM at this meet. He finished 14th in the semi-final of the 200 fly (1:57.77) and 28th in prelims of the 200 breast (2:13.40).
He is scheduled to move to American and join the Arizona State swim team in the fall of 2021.
While the risk of injury in crowded warmup pools has become somewhat of a meme for swimmers, this is not the first serious warmup pool injury we’ve seen at a high level meet. American Olympian Elizabeth Beisel fractured a finger in the warmup pool at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Funny picture with that title. Get well soon
Was it his ring finger?
As a high school freshman I broke three fingers the night before States. Swam prelims/finals in the 200 and 500 the next two days, plus 400 free relay.
Times have certainly changed. 😑
Olympics in 2 months my brother
there’s a difference between a high school freshman at some state meet and a national record-holder representing his country at an international competition. quite the gap