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LeMonde
02-08-2025
- Sport
- LeMonde
French swimmer Maxime Grousset clinches third world title in butterfly
Léon Marchand is not the only athlete to thrill French swimming fans. At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Maxime Grousset went largely unnoticed – he did not win any individual medals. However, the World Swimming Championships in Singapore have brought him back into the spotlight as the second main figure in French swimming, nearly on par with "King Léon." Earlier in the week, "Max'" had set the French team in motion by winning the 50m butterfly, his second world title after the 100m butterfly in Fukuoka, Japan, in 2023. The third title came soon after, just five days later, as he won another 100m butterfly final, setting new French and European records (49.62 seconds) on Saturday, August 2. He finished just ahead of his friend, Switzerland's Noè Ponti (second, 49.83 seconds), and Canadian athlete Ilya Kharun (third, 50.07 seconds). Grousset, the distance's second-best performer of all time, became the first French swimmer to swim the 100m butterfly in under 50 seconds. "What did I just do? That's crazy!" he said, looking ecstatic after his race. "He set the pace for the others from the very start of the race; he had already partly won. He raced like a boss," said Denis Auguin, national technical director of the French Swimming Federation (FFN), immediately after the race.
NBC Sports
02-08-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Grousset grabs gold in men's 100m butterfly
France's Maxime Grousset edged Noe Ponti of Switzerland and Canada's Ilya Kharun in the men's 100m butterfly at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore with a time of 49.62 seconds.
France 24
31-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Léon Marchand smashes 200m IM world record
Also in the headlines: Maxime Grousset qualifies for the 100m freestyle final in Singapore, France's women's sabre team crowned world champions in fencing, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot moves into second place overall in the Tour de France, Olympique Lyonnais impress in a preseason friendly, Iga Swiatek advances at the WTA 1000 in Montreal, Adrian Mannarino exits the Masters 1000 in Toronto,
France 24
29-07-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Marseille boost their attack with a record signing
In cycling, the Tour de France ended on Sunday, but the race continues for the women. Stage 3 could prove disastrous for Demi Vollering, the 2023 winner, who went down hard in a late mass crash. She will undergo medical tests on Tuesday to determine the severity of her injuries. In swimming, France claimed their first medal at the World Championships in Singapore with Maxime Grousset's victory in the 50-metre butterfly. On the women's side, Summer McIntosh continues to dominate. The 18-year-old phenom won the 200-meter individual medley, her second gold medal of the competition.
Yahoo
28-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Grousset surges to France's first gold at 2025 world swimming championships
Maxime Grousset claimed the men's 50m butterfly on Monday to furnish France with its first gold medal at the 2025 world swimming championships in Singapore and smash his own fastest time over the distance. The 26-year-old finished in 22.48 seconds. Noé Ponti from Switzerland was second and Italy's Thomas Ceccon took bronze. On Sunday, Grousset won his semi-final in 22.61 seconds to set a French record. "I knew it was going to be tough race," Grousset told France TV. "But I believed that I could do it until the very end. I stuck to what I had worked on. "At the 25-metre mark, I saw that Noé was ahead of me and I said to myself: 'Stay as you are, stay tall'. The last stroke was the one that mattered. It was a fabulous race." The victory gave Grousset his second gold at a world championships. Two years ago in Fukuoka in Japan, he won the 100m butterfly. But he was only able to finish fifth over the distance at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Grousset will also compete at the world championships in the 50m and 100m freestyle. Elsewhere on the second day of competition, Yohann Ndoye-Brouard advanced to Tuesday's final of the men's 100m backstroke. He progressed in a time of 52.47 seconds. Marchand medley "I knew that it would be competitive," said the 24-year-old. "I did about roughly the same time last year when I finished third in the medley at the Olympics. A year later, I'm into the final with the seventh fastest time. But no-one seems to be head and shoulders above the rest so it's going to be an interesting final." Summer McIntosh from Canada won her second gold of the meeting. On Sunday, the 18-year-old took the women's 400m freestyle and on Monday she won the 200m individual medley. She completed the combination of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle in two minutes, 6.69 seconds. Alex Walsh from the United States was nearly two seconds behind to win the silver medal and McIntosh's compatriot, Mary-Sophie Harvey, was third. French swimmer Léon Marchand, who won four gold medals at the Paris Olympics, will compete in the 200m and 400m individual medley (IM) races. He starts his campaign in the 200m IM on Wednesday.
