French sensation Leon Marchand got closer to making Olympics history as he claimed the men’s 200-metre butterfly gold at his home Paris Games. Marchand is looking to become the first swimmer ever to medal in the butterfly and breaststroke events at one Games – and he took the first step. The 200m breaststroke final is later. The Frenchman set a new Olympic record of 1 minutes 51.21 seconds in the event after a tight fight in the final 50m with world record holder Kristóf Milák of Hungary, who took silver. Bronze went to Canada’s Ilya Kharun.