Léon Marchand wins 200-meter individual medley, Cameron McEvoy won the 50-meter freestyle and Kaylee McKeown won the 200-meter backstroke at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
NANTERRE, France -- Léon Marchand completed his dominating run through the Paris Olympics, capturing his fourth swimming gold with another runaway victory in the 200-meter individual medley Friday night.
That was about the only thing he didn't accomplish at La Defense Arena, where he had previously won the 400 IM, 200 butterly and 200 backstroke - the latter two about two hours apart in the same night.Cameron McEvoy won gold in the men's 50-meter freestyle on Friday night, denying Caeleb Dressel a repeat in swimming's most frantic event.
McEvoy made it from end of the pool to the other in 21.25 seconds, edging out Benjamin Proud of Britain by five-hundredths.
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