Paris Olympics, Day 8: Leon Marchand in for Prelims for France 

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Leon Marchand is chasing a fifth piece of hardware for France

Marchand will be joined by Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Clement Secchi and Rafael Fente-Damers in prelims

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Should the French make finals – as is likely, entering seeded fourth – Florent Manaudou and Maxime Grousset would sub in on the back two legs.

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The U.S. is going with a full B team, trusting two swimmers that didn’t make much headway in their events.

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Hunter Armstrong leads off, followed by Charlie Swanson, Thomas Heilman and Jack Alexy.

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The men’s relay will feature a matchup of podium finishers in breaststroke in the second heat. Adam Peaty is in for Great Britain, returning after his COVID-19 absence.

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He’ll pair with Oliver Morgan, Joe Litchfield and Matt Richards. He’ll be swimming against Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy.

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The Italians field near a first-choice roster, with Thomas Ceccon out front, Giacomo Carini manning the weak leg of fly and Alessandro Miressi on the end.

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In the first heat, the Dutch and Chinese go full bore. Netherlands has Kai Van Westering handing off to Casper Corbeau, Nyls Korstanje and Stan Pijnenburg.

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China is going with the A team, with Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Wang Changhao and new 100 free record holder Pan Zhanle.

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Four-time Olympic gold medalist Leon Marchand is chasing a fifth piece of hardware for France

Paris Olympics, Day 8: Leon Marchand in for Prelims for France

Marchand will be joined by Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Clement Secchi and Rafael Fente-Damers in prelims

Paris Olympics, Day 8: Leon Marchand

Should the French make finals – as is likely, entering seeded fourth – Florent Manaudou and Maxime Grousset would sub in on the back two legs.

he finals are Sunday night.

The U.S. is going with a full B team, trusting two swimmers that didn’t make much headway in their events.

Paris Olympics, Day 8: Leon Marchand

Hunter Armstrong leads off, followed by Charlie Swanson, Thomas Heilman and Jack Alexy.

Paris Olympics, Day 8: Leon Marchand

The men’s relay will feature a matchup of podium finishers in breaststroke in the second heat. Adam Peaty is in for Great Britain, returning after his COVID-19 absence.

Paris Olympics, Day 8

He’ll pair with Oliver Morgan, Joe Litchfield and Matt Richards. He’ll be swimming against Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy.

Paris Olympics, Day 8

The Italians field near a first-choice roster, with Thomas Ceccon out front, Giacomo Carini manning the weak leg of fly and Alessandro Miressi on the end.

Paris Olympics, Day 8

In the first heat, the Dutch and Chinese go full bore. Netherlands has Kai Van Westering handing off to Casper Corbeau, Nyls Korstanje and Stan Pijnenburg.

Paris Olympics, Day 8

China is going with the A team, with Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Wang Changhao and new 100 free record holder Pan Zhanle.

Paris Olympics, Day 8