“It happened to me all of a sudden”: Léon Marchand confides and worries about an element that will change his life

After his consecration at the Olympic Games, the Toulouse swimmer and prodigy is making the rounds of the media. The opportunity to talk about his prospects and to confide some concerns about his new life.

By breaking so many records, the Toulouse swimmer has become an icon who does not go unnoticed. In the columns of Parisien, Léon Marchand confided in his new life, a few days after his victories at the Paris Olympic Games.

His discreet life at university in the United States is over, and he has now been propelled to the rank of international star, which could lead to some unpleasantness…

"It happened to me suddenly"

The swimmer was able to realize that his celebrity was going to cost him a few moments of intimacy with friends, as well that a little spontaneity : "I just realized that I can't go to restaurants anymore, that's all. And that happened to me all of a sudden."

Before & ;rsquo;add: “It's all new and it's true that there is a spontaneity that I will unfortunately lose. Just going to Toulouse to the bar, eating something with my friends, it's going to be more complicated now.”

“Two-bit controversies”

Another burden of this newly acquired celebrity, the uncompromising gaze of many people who follow him. The young man fears the “two-bit controversies”.

He fears “all the people who are close to me and who weren't necessarily here three or four years ago”, adding moreover “not to be someone who wants to argue at all costs”.

Léon Marchand won four gold medals at the Paris Games, his first, breaking a record held by the swimming legend in the process. Michael Phelps.