Yannick Agnel of France routed a stellar field by more than a second and a half to win the 200-meter freestyle at the London Olympics on Monday
In two days, Yannick Agnel pushed ahead of the top American swimmers in a come-from-behind anchor leg of a relay race, then routed a stellar field all
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yannick Agnel has set a short course world record in the 400-meter freestyle at the French swimming championships. The Frenchman finished
dominating victory Saturday in the 400 individual medley. Not so fast. Or, should we say, not nearly fast enough. Yannick Agnel , playing the chaser role that Jason Lezak did for the Americans four years ago in this same event, sliced through
for the defending world champion, but Lochte is hardly a shoe-in against a loaded international field. France's Yannick Agnel has put up the three fastest times in the world this year, Germany's Paul Biedermann won the 2009 world championship
guess, too. Maybe, the French still beat the Americans because the 46.74-second leg thrown down by France’s Yannick Agnel is crazy fast. But maybe having a guy who swims relays, for whom that 100 meters is among his most important of these games
gold of the London Games with a cumulative time of 6 minutes, 59.70 seconds. No one else was close. France's Yannick Agnel swam a faster final leg than Phelps, but it wasn't nearly good enough, his country taking silver in 7:02.77
400-meter individual medley. He finished fourth and off the podium Monday night in the 200 freestyle. France's Yannick Agnel won the 200 by a full body length against a field with gold medalists galore. KEEPING TRACK? Luckily for you, we
two-country race. France has another strong team with Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot, Clement Lefert and rising star Yannick Agnel . Russia could also be a contender, the coach added. ''It's a great field,'' Troy said. ''It's probably
States to win the 4x100-meter freestyle relay at the London Olympics on Sunday. The Americans led all the way until Yannick Agnel pulled ahead of Ryan Lochte in the final lap. France clocked 3 minutes, 9.93 seconds, and the Americans settled