Around the globe, 2024 was a year of Olympic games in Paris… but at the beginning, many in France were not convinced at all by the games in Paris. Then, someone changed everyone’s mind. The 28 of July 2, days after the beginning of the games, France discovered a young swimmer who won the first French gold medal in swimming – Leon Marchand,a young man of 22.
He is not most impressive, but he is very fast. Day after day, everyone starts talking about him, predicted to win 5 medals in total (including 4 gold). Young, humble and thanks to his talent, he united France around these races. All of France was watching him race, even people clueless about swimming. He became the pride of the country.
On Tik Tok everyone was posting about him and how incredible he is.
On all TV channels people were talking about his performance. And like all trends, some people criticize and start doubting his capacity to succeed in the races in a few days. Some rumors say that he is on drugs etc… So if you meet a Frenchman, ask him what the personality of the year is, you can be sure he would say Leon Marchand
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