SINGAPORE AP - French star Leon Marchand has broken one world record already in the 200-meter individual medley.
He'll try for a second on Sunday in the 400 IM on the closing day of the swimming world championships in Singapore, a record he set two years ago in the worlds in Fukuoka, Japan. That mark is 4 minutes, 02.50 seconds.
It would be Marchand's second gold in Singapore, where he's swimming a reduced schedule after winning four individual golds a year ago at the Paris Olympics.
He will swim from Lane 1, entering with a relatively slow qualifying time.
Summer McIntosh of Canada will be in the women's 400 IM, trying for her fourth gold. Her hope of winning five individual golds in the worlds - only Michael Phelps has done that - was crushed Saturday night when she was beaten by American Katie Ledecky in the 800 free. McIntosh finished third.