Leon Marchand is ready to light up the Paris 2024 Olympic stage at La Defense Arena, where he'll make his mark as the French ...

Léon Marchand was already a breakout star of these Olympics. Now, he's a breakout star of historic proportions. The French swimming sensation completed the ultra-rare same-day double, winning ...

Leon Marchand's bid for a pair of Wednesday gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics was a smashing success as the Frenchman's late surge pushed him past Kristof Milak for gold in the 200m butterfly ...

Leon Marchand made an incredible comeback to win gold in the 200-meter fly at the Paris Olympics. Marchand made the turn into the final leg of the race trailing Hungary's Kristof Milak, but caught ...

As early voting is set to begin in the Aug. 20 primary election, roughly 13,000 Leon County voters have already returned vote-by-mail ballots, pushing turnout to nearly 7%. Early voting runs ...

NANTERRE, France — French swimmer Léon Marchand nearly brought down Paris La Défense Arena on Sunday night with a standout gold medal-winning performance. The rowdy venue, abundant with French ...

The Astros selected Leon's contract from Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports. The 26-year-old is taking the roster spot of Joey Loperfido, who was traded ...

NANTERRE, France — Léon Marchand has said he likes the silence underwater. That moment when he finishes a lap, flips his body over, presses his feet upon the wall and fires himself forward.

The biggest star of the Paris Games took down Michael Phelps’ Olympic record in the most difficult event, putting his uncanny physical gifts and work ethic on display in front of a roaring ...

When you’re a world-record holder, there are a lot of expectations. When you’re a world-record holder racing in your home country’s Olympics, those expectations expand exponentially. The ...

Léon Marchand, who has the potential to win medals in four individual events, bears much of the weight of France’s expectations. He is ready, he said, but added, “It does feel weird.” By ...

PARIS — In the multi-century history of swimming at the Olympics, no one — no man, no woman, no superhuman, not even Michael Phelps — had ever won medals in both butterfly and breaststroke ...