How Leon Marchand Approaches the Mental Side of Swimming

By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
With just a few months remaining until the Paris Olympics this summer, French world record holder Leon Marchand shared insights into how he approaches the cerebral side of swimming with his mental coach, Thomas Sammut.
Marchand returned from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 feeling disappointed as a 17-year-old without a medal to show for his 6th-place effort in the 400 IM (4:11.16), which was more than a second slower than his lifetime best from French Trials. He credits