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2025 FRENCH ELITE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, June 14th – Thursday, June 19th Prelims at 8am local (2am ET)/Finals at 6pm local (Noon ET) Montpellier, France LCM (50m) Meet Central Entries Live Results Live Stream Live Recaps Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3We have made it to day four finals of the French National Championships, and there are six events on the docket for this evening.
As a reminder, Leon Marchand was granted an exception that allowed him to qualify for the World Championships from the Longhorn Elite Invite last month, and he is not competing here.
The fastest heat of the women’s 800 freestyle will lead off the meet with Anastasiia Kirpichnikova looking to pick up her 2nd event qualification of the meet, after she won the women’s 400 freestyle on Saturday.
The men’s 200 backstroke is shaping up to be an exciting event with Antoine Herlem, who finished 3rd at last year’s Olympic trials, taking the top seed in 1:57.91 over the two French Olympians. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard and Mewen Tomac have already earned Worlds qualifications in the men’s 100 backstroke, where they finished 1st and 2nd respectively, and they will be looking to repeat that performance tonight.
The women’s 200 breaststroke will feature Adele Blanchetiere who will be attempting to swim under the World’s qualifying time while holding off Zia Dupont, who is less than half a second behind her.
The Men’s 50 breast top seed is Jérémie Delbois who swam a personal best time this morning to beat Cal freshman Yamato Okadome who qualified 2nd, and defending champion Carl Aitkaci who finished 4th in prelims. Nobody was under the French qualification standard this morning.
The women’s 100 freestyle will be a very close final with less than a second separating everyone in the heat. Beryl Gastaldello was your top qualifier this morning, coming in at 54.35 which was four tenths ahead of 2nd place qualifier Marina Jehl. Only three tenths separates Jehl from 7th place qualifier Mary-Ambre Moluh
Finally, the meet will wrap up with the men’s 200 IM. Leon Marchand is absent, which leaves the national title open for the taking. Jacques Saletes swam a season-best time of 2:02.39 this morning to earn the middle lane in the final, coming in thirteen-hundredths ahead of 2nd qualifier Jaouad Syoud’s 2:02.52.
Women’s 800 Freestyle- Finals
World Record: 8:04.12 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2025) World Junior Record: 8:11.00 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2014) French Record: 8:18.80 – Laurie Manaudou (2007) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 8:26.71Men’s 200 Backstroke- Finals
World Record: 1:51.92 – Aaron Piersol, USA (2009) World Junior Record: 1:55.14 – Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS (2017) French Record: 1:55.38 – Mewen Tomac (2024) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 1:57.50Women’s 200 Breaststroke- Finals
World Record: 2:17.55 – Evgeniia Chikunova, RUS (2023) World Junior Record: 2:19.64 – Viktoriya Zeynep Gunes, TUR (2015) French Record: 2:25.12 – Justine Delmas (2021) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 1:2:23.91Men’s 50 Breaststroke- Finals
World Record: 25.95 – Adam Peaty, GBR (2017) World Junior Record: 26.97 – Nicolo Martinenghi, ITA (2017) French Record: 27.34 – Jeremie Delbois (2025) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 27.20Women’s 100 Freestyle- Finals
World Record: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017) World Junior Record: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016) French Record: 52.74 – Charlotte Bonnet (2018) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 53.61Men’s 200 IM- Finals
World Record: 1:54.00 – Ryan Lochte, USA (2011) World Junior Record: 1:56.99 – Hubert Kos (2021) French Record: 1:54.06 – Leon Marchand (2024) French World Championship Qualifying Time: 1:57.94Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2025 French Elite Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap
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