Overview
- On Monday Léon Marchand felt acute right adductor pain during the 200m breast heats, was initially repêché for the final and then withdrew from that race after on-site treatment.
- By Tuesday his team announced he would not continue at the Saint-Étienne meet because an initial ultrasound and MRI raised suspicion of a lesion and he will undergo further follow-up and care at INSEP.
- Marchand’s place at the European Championships is not threatened because he already met the federation’s qualifying time by winning the 400m individual medley earlier in the meet.
- Yohann Ndoye-Brouard recovered from a season interrupted by a back problem and a concussion to win the 200m back and secure his European selection alongside Mewen Tomac and Antoine Herlem.
- Organisers’ removal of outdoor canopies for storm safety left cramped, humid conditions that swimmers said hurt performance and the men’s 100m freestyle produced no new European qualifiers in the absence of Maxime Grousset.