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Léon Marchand returned into the Olympic pool just over 12 hours after his latest heroics and qualified for the 200 metres medley on Thursday. Marchand has become a national icon and a Games poster boy after winning the 400m medley with the biggest event margin, and then becoming the first Olympian to medal in breaststroke and buttterfly at one Games. He did so in style with double gold within two hours on Wednesday night but the busy schedule continued on Thursday when he started his bid for a fourth gold. Marchand qualified in third for the evening semis, with Japan’s Daija Seto leading the w…

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