Leon Marchand beat Duncan Scott to win the lads’s 200m particular person medley on the quick course World Cup occasion in Shanghai.
France’s Marchand claimed victory within the 100m in the identical self-discipline on Friday in what was his first race since successful 4 gold medals on the Olympics in Paris throughout the summer time.
He at all times seemed in management after the midway mark of the 200m and received in a World Cup file of 1 minute 50.30 seconds.
“It was a reasonably good race and I am pleased with the time so it is cool,” stated Marchand.
Nice Britain’s Scott, who received the 400m freestyle and was third within the 100m IM on Friday, was second in 1:51.08, with Switzerland’s Noe Ponti third in 1:51.78.
“It is good enjoyable racing these boys because it brings the perfect out of all of us however that was fairly powerful,” stated Scott.
Nice Britain’s James Man got here fourth within the males’s 200m butterfly.
There will likely be two extra World Cup occasions, which happen in South Korea from 24-26 October and Singapore from 31 October to 2 November, and they’re qualifying competitions for the 2024 quick course World Championships in Hungary in December.
