LOS ANGELES: Four-time Olympic gold medallist Leon Marchand, continuing his buildup to the swimming World Championships in Singapore, capped the Indy Summer Cup meeting with a victory in the 200m individual medley on Saturday. The French 23-year-old, who took the Paris Olympics by storm with gold in the 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and 200 and 400 individual medleys, clocked 1min 57.23 with Hungary’s Hubert Kos second in 2:00.16. Kos, who like Marchand trains in Texas under coach Bob Bowman, polished off a strong week with a victory in the 200m backstroke in 1:56.74 with Marchand second in 1:57.14. Kos, the reigning Olympic and world champion in the 200m back, added the title to the 100m back and 200m butterfly titles he claimed on Friday. Marchand added a second victory of the week after winning the 100m breaststroke on Thursday in 59.95sec — dipping under one minute in the event for the second time in his career. American Regan Smith, also headed to Singapore later this month, completed an impressive week with victories in the 200m backstroke and the 200m medley to go with victories in the 200m fly and 100m back. US swimmers triumphed in the 100m freestyles. Chris Guiliano clocked 47.72 to head a men’s final field that saw Kos finish fourth in 49.42 and Marchand seventh in 49.70. Simone Manuel won the women’s 100m free in 53.28, with Smith second in 54.15. Published in Dawn, June 30th, 2025