Marie Wattel Leads Way In 100 Free Prelims At French Championships In Rennes As Charlotte Bonnet Lowers 100 Breast Record
Marie Wattel, Leon Marchand and Yohann Ndoye Brouard all made it safely through day four prelims of the French Championships in Rennes.
- Rennes Preview
- Leon Marchand Goes Fourth All-Time In 200 Breaststroke With 2:06.59 In Rennes
- Day 2 Prelims Wrap
- Mewen Tomac Blasts 52.87 For 100 Back Title In Rennes
- Day 3 Prelims Wrap
- Maxime Grousset Rattles 100 Free Rankings With 47.62 Blast
- Rennes Results
Charlotte Bonnet set a French record of 1:07.71 in the 100br, slicing 0.05 from her own mark set at the Giant Open in March.
Wattel – who punched her ticket to Fukuoka with second in the 50 free on Tuesday – headed the 100 free in 54.58 with Beryl Gastaldello next home in 55.05.
Marchand – with three titles in as many days – was third through in the 200IM as the world champion clocked 2:00.46 with Olympic bronze medallist Jeremy Desplanches booking lane four in 2:00.26.
European champion Ndoye Brouard was fifth in the 200 back in 2:00.93 with Antoine Herlem leading the way in 1:58.47 and Mewen Tomac – the 100 winner – also through.
Denis Petrashov heads the men’s 50 breast in 27.55 while Lilou Ressencourt booked lane four in the women’s 200 fly in 2:12.37.