American coach Bob Bowman keeps cranking out Olympic gold-medal winners, swimmers trained in the United States but flying flags of other nations. Frenchman Léon Marchand — the home-country hero of the Paris Olympics — has already won three gold medals under Bowman’s tutelage. Michael Phelps won 23 Olympic gold medals with Bowman.
Hubert Kos, of Hungary, celebrates winning the men’s 200-meter backstroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Hubert Kos, of Hungary, poses for a photo with his gold medal in the men’s 200-meter backstroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Nanterre, France. Hubert Kos, of Hungary, is congratulated by a supporter after winning the men’s 200-meter backstroke final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug.
Frenchman Léon Marchand — home-country hero of the Paris Olympics — has already won three gold medals this week under Bowman’s tutelage. He’ll be the favorite for a fourth gold on Friday in the 200 individual medley. And Michael Phelps, of course, was the first to make Bowman famous. He won 23 Olympic gold medals and reigns as a swimming legend.Kós won the 200-meter backstroke on Thursday night in 1 minute 54.26 seconds, coming from more than a second behind over the final 50 meters to overtake silver medalist Apostolos Christou of Greece . Swiss Roman Mityukov took bronze .
“He doesn’t really let us be second best,” Kos said. “He doesn’t let us stoop down to a level that he doesn’t want from us.”Paris Olympics Day 6: Simone Biles shines for all-around gold; Summer McIntosh wins another medalArizona State won the NCAA swim championship powered by Marchand, Kós, and Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Ilya Kharun, who finished third behind Marchand in the 200 fly.Kós is the son of a Hungarian mother and an Irish-Hungarian father.
“I just knew that I had to do something like that to win,” he said. “Doesn’t really matter how I got there. The point is that I got there and I’m just really happy.”“I was just happy to get my hand on the wall,” he said. “But I feel really sick right now.”Wade has written about sports and the politics of sports around the globe for The Associated Press.
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