Hot McIntosh and Marchand reign in pool

US flush doubts, end with world record

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Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh sealed their golden swimming world championships with dominant victories on Sunday’s final day as the United States signed off with arelay record.

Eight days of competition in Singapore wrapped up with French superstar Marchand and 18-year-old Canadian sensation McIntosh underlining their supremacy.

Marchand, who won four individual golds and was the face of his home Paris Olympics a year ago, added the 400m individual medley crown to his 200m medley title this week.

The 23-year-old arrived in Singapore with a lighter programme in an effort to smash Ryan Lochte’s 200m IM world record from 2011 — and he did just that.

Marchand on Sunday cruised to victory in the 400IM, powering to the wall in 4min 04.73sec, more than three seconds ahead of Japan’s Tomoyuki Matsushita (4:08.32), with Russian Ilia Borodin (4:09.16) third.

“It's not perfect because it’s never perfect, but it’s more than I expected, especially the world record in the 200m medley,” said Marchand.

“Tt shows that I still have a passion for swimming, that I love it”