Léon Marchand

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yet Yeah, but yesterday, day three, semifinals of the 100 IM, Kornev drops a 50.23, number one in the world, usurps Caleb Dressel for that title, number three performer all time behind Dressel and Leon Marchand, breaks Vlad Morozov's legendary Russian record, which used to be the world record of 50.26.

So just a phenomenal standout swim.

And once again, it's just like this guy does.

He will see him compete in the NCAA this year in a few months.

So my question is, what's his ceiling for the NCAA in terms of legacy? How much of a legend can he become in the NCAA? Are we talking...

Can he reach Leon Marchand level? Can he reach Caleb Dressel level? Or are we talking a step below that? because his events will most likely be the mile and the 500 free and the 400 IM.

Or maybe he gets more speed.

so does Emily.

Yes, and let's not forget Léon Marchand after the Paris Olympics did go train in Australia for six months to try something different.

But the difference is with that is Marchand was the best Olympian at that Olympics and it was with four years to go to the next Games.

You're doing this when you're only two years out and you're chopping and changing your programme when you should be really starting to... hone in on your skills and get yourself ready and you want to have everything you want in place ready to go because you want this season to be really really good so you're in the mind going into your last season so why you would change around with things and play around with things now i do not know And I don't understand it.

Remember Karen Moe, Tracy Falcon, Simon Thomas, Bella Maggi, Skipper Gini, Lo and Diggers, Hanky Onu, Groves and Sanzer, Hershey Smith and Flickin' Nerds, Shee Shae Mongle, Hoshi Kirk, Sanders Meyer, Ada Cook, Young and Check, and Mac and Chocilus, goes on and on and on and on.

Remember Lazlo, Malcho, Spicetta, Erlando, Lefkoe, Curran, Honda, Ken DeResi, Wu-Pong, Matsuda, Pankritop, Melvin Stewart, Michael Cox, Milak, and Leon Marchand.

Am I forgetting anyone? Oh yes, we got the best, Michael Phelps.

When that last 50 comes along, you feel it burning in your lungs.

Like try harder in the right situation or adjust the situation that way when you try harder you have more of an advantage.

So she ties in here to a French swimmer, Leon, I don't remember his last name, but basically she's tying into like the swimming, the competitive swimming world of Michael Phelps and this individual named Leon and how the they were good and they practiced really hard and they trained really hard.

And oh, by the way, they put themselves in situations where they could get significantly better, right? Like they were training in the right place with the right people, that kind of a situation.

So I like this first chapter where she's basically helping us see that the picker is a little bit bigger than that first book that she wrote.

Yeah, they had the same coach, if I remember that story correctly.

And the French swimmer basically cold emailed the guy and was like, hey, I want to come to America and swim under you and I'll be great.

And I don't know, it took a chance on him.

Like that part of it was a little foggy to me.

I love you, Gretchen, Alex, Anna, Olivia.

They just make it look fun, so they make it look like you're their friend almost, right? Versus I don't see Léon Marchand doing like...

Like, you

know, I don't know how to do it.

And I got obsessed with the situation of Michael Phelps and then also his successors.

including the Olympic athlete Leon Marchand, who broke Michael Phelps' last standing individual world record.

It's true they are talented.

It's also abundantly obvious that they are gritty.

It's not as obvious that they have benefited from an extraordinary situation.

And both Michael Phelps and Leon Marchand attribute their success in large part to not only to their teams, but to this one particular guy named Bob Bowman.

I actually ended up spending much more time trying to understand this coach.

If he were a country, I think he'd rank like fifth or something for medals won at Olympics and swimming because he's coached that many champions.