French swimmer Leon Marchand has won the gold medal in the men's 400m individual medley at Paris 2024 Olympics with an Olympic record setting time on Sunday.
Marchand's 4 minutes 02.95 seconds time set the new Olympic record, passing former record of U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, which was 4 minutes 03.84 seconds.
The current world record of the course was also owned by Marchand with 4 minutes 02.50 seconds.
Matsushita Tomoyuki of Japan was awarded silver medal with 4 minutes 08.62 seconds, while U.S. swimmer Carson Foster bagged the bronze with 4 minutes 08.66 seconds.