VIDEO. Paris 2024 Olympics: when Léon Marchand madness takes over Paris and all of France
|Léon Marchand a enflammé la soirée de l’équipe de France olympique, mercredi soir. MAXPPP – Jean-Marc LOOS
The 22-year-old swimmer from Toulouse has struck a chord with the French people with a string of exploits. Whether in Paris, Lyon or his hometown, everyone is enthusiastic about Léon Marchand.
The Club France, packed to the brim, was in melting form on Wednesday, July 31, to follow the exploits of Léon Marchand. The Toulouse swimmer who collected two new gold medals in less than two hours sent his supporters into a frenzy, who loudly celebrated his titles.
🤩🤩 UNE DINGUERIE, EXPLOSION DE JOIE au Club France 🇫🇷 pour le dernier 50m et au bout la deuxième médaille d’or🥇de Léon Marchand 🏊♂️ sur 200m papillon pour ces #Olympics2024Paris !
#JeuxOlympiques2024 #GOLD #LeonMarchand @actutoulouse pic.twitter.com/NJLXUZfg0n— Nicolas Dendri (@Nicolasdendri) July 31, 2024
An interrupted final
But the world record holder in the 400m medley was also celebrated at the Grand Palais during the team sabre final. So much so that the match had to be interrupted while the French fans calmed down.
C'est du délire. Ils ont dû interrompre la finale de l'escrime car le public regardait et criait pour Léon Marchand !!!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍
— Pierre B. (@Pierre_B_y) July 31, 2024
The same thing happened in Bourgoin-Jallieu, in the Pierre-Rajon stadium which hosted the friendly match between Olympique Lyonnais and the Italians from Torino. But also in Tououse, the hometown of Léon Marchand.
En plein match amical entre Lyon et Torino, le public a scandé le nom de Léon Marchand pour célébrer son sacre olympique ! 🤩🇫🇷pic.twitter.com/vbKa42uhTX
— Vibes Foot (@VibesFoot) July 31, 2024
The footballers conquered
🗣️ 𝐎𝐍 𝐀 𝐕𝐈𝐁𝐑𝐄́ devant le sacre de @leon_marchand sur le 200m papillon 🦋😍
𝐅𝐄́𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐋𝐄́𝐎𝐍 ! 🥇🇫🇷👏#Paris2024 | #BleuCollectif pic.twitter.com/S4EukHDP39
— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) July 31, 2024
Finally The French football team, which is preparing for its quarter-final of the Olympic Games against Argentina, did not miss a crumb of the swimmer's exploits. Perhaps a source of motivation for the Bleuets.
Explosion de joie @cheztontontlse alors que Léon Marchand remporte l’or sur le 200 m papillon 🌊#JO2024 #natation #Toulouse pic.twitter.com/cHbPUkmFHE
— La Dépêche 31 (@ladepeche31) July 31, 2024