"Unfortunately I will not go to the European Championships. We decided it after the World Championships, yesterday (Saturday), because in fact the start of the academic year is at the same time", let go of Léon Marchand, who joined Bob Bowman, the mentor of Michael Phelps, at the University of Arizona, in the United States.
"It's been two and a half years since I took a break. I'm going to train with Nicolas Castel in France for three to four weeks and I'm going to take a short break in the pool. And then I'll come back stronger," said continued the 20-year-old Toulousain, gold medal in the 200 and 400 m medley and silver in the 200 m butterfly in Hungary.
"I think I did the job, I met my goals for this year. I've been working really hard for two years, I really haven't taken a lot of breaks and I know that in my development, I I need to do a good cycle, really take a break and come back fresher," concluded Marchand, named best swimmer at the last Worlds.
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