Huge GROUSSET. Already crowned world champion of the 50 m butterfly in these Singapore Worlds, the Frenchman offered himself the gold medal on 100 m butterfly on Saturday. The tricolor swimmer produced an exceptional race and won in 49 ″ 62, a crazy time, the third best performance in history, which allows him to pass for the first time under the 50 second barrier and to afford the European record held so far by the Hungarian Kristof Milak (49 ″ 68).
Party very quickly, the Frenchman fired quickly in the lead, tilting halfway into 20 hundredths under the time of the world record held by the American Caleb Dressel (49 ″ 45). If he then weakened, the 26 -year -old swimmer won in front of the Swiss Noé Ponti (49 ″ 83) and the Canadian Ilya Kharun (50 ″ 07) with a time under the old planetary brand of the legend Michael Phelps (49 ″ 82).
“I don’t know what to say … Thank you, I heard you during the race, it was great, launched the swimming pool of the swimming pool the one that had already been crowned on the distance at the Fukuoka Worlds in 2023. I have more strength, more power, I am more in rhythm, and that’s it …”
Maxime Grousset could afford a new medal this Saturday. He will integrate the mixed 4×100 m relay alongside Yann Le Goff, Albane Cachot and Marie Wattel. The final takes place at 2:42 p.m. French time.
