Marchand is 'exhausted' and withdraws from short course swimming worlds

FILE - Leon Marchand from France competes in a men's 4x100-meter medley relay heat at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.

FILE - Leon Marchand from France competes in a men's 4x100-meter medley relay heat at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)


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PARIS — Léon Marchand won't compete at the short course swimming world championships next month. The four-time Olympic champion from France says on Saturday he needs rest after an intense year. The 22-year-old Marchand won five medals at the Paris Olympics this summer. The short course worlds are scheduled from Dec. 10-15 in Budapest, Hungary.

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