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            <title><![CDATA[Leon Marchand injured, withdraws from French championships ahead of European Championships]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[French Olympic hero Leon Marchand is injured and unable to compete - in the middle of the selection meet for the home European Championships in August. Now it remains to be seen how many events the swimming star will be allowed to compete in at the upcoming championships.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leon Marchand suffers injury setback ahead of home European Championships]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[French Olympic champion Leon Marchand has suffered an injury setback - in the middle of the selections for the home European Championships in August. The swimming star is now forced to withdraw from the final of the Olympic gold medal event, the 200-meter breaststroke.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Armand Duplantis awarded: World Athlete of the Year]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Armand Duplantis is praised again. The pole vaulter has been named the world's athlete of the year by the British BBC. This prize means so much to me, says the star.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Talent Makes World Championship Debut: "One of the World's Best"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[She is the super talent who has already taken two European Championship medals. Now, the breaststroke swimmer Olivia Klint Ipsa, 19 years old, makes her World Championship debut. She has extremely good prerequisites to become one of the world's best swimmers, says national team captain Martina Aronsson.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Third time's the charm for Hansson: "Really pleased"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It was the third time lucky for Louise Hansson in the World Championship. She won the 100 meter butterfly in Singapore and took the first Swedish victory in this year's World Championship. I'm really pleased, she says.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 11:14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Two new world records – but Alshammar's stands]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Therese Alshammar's 15-year-old world record remains – with a narrow margin. Meanwhile, two other short-course records were broken in the swimming World Cup, one by Olympic Games king Leon Marchand.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Home Hero's Crazy Gold Evening]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[First gold on 200 meter butterfly – barely two hours later he struck on 200 meter breaststroke. Home star Leon Marchand, 22 years old, had a crazy gold evening in the Olympic Games pool in Paris.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Phelps saves France – takes long-awaited gold]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A whole arena was about to erupt and a whole nation was struck by joy. French star Leon Marchand, 22, handled the pressure and secured the nation's first OS gold in swimming in twelve years when he won the 400 meter medley. The atmosphere was completely crazy. I got goosebumps before and during the race, he says.]]></description>
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