Swimming top star Leon Marchand crowned his performance in the men's 200 metre medley at the World Aquatics championships with gold, a day after he broke the world record in the event. The French swimmer clocked 1 minute 53.

Léon Marchand has broken the world record in the 200-meter individual medley at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ry

Both swimmers set the second-fastest times ever in their finals but narrowly missed out on breaking world records