The Toulouse swimmer, a four-time Olympic medalist, will co-sign a letter demanding that the city of Toulouse be allowed to reclaim one of the Olympic pools used during the Games. These pools were built as a kit to be reassembled elsewhere.
What's better than having the support of a four-time Olympic medalist to reclaim an Olympic pool? According to information from RMCToulouse swimmer Léon Marchand will co-sign a letter addressed to the President of the Republic and the Minister of Sports, so that one of the three removable swimming pools used during the Olympic Games can return to the city of Toulouse and its project of The city of swimming.
A project supported by TOEC, Léon Marchand's first club before he joined the United States. The request was submitted in 2021 by the club's general manager, Michel Coloma.
“Toulouse deserves to have a Paris 2024 pool”
“Léon is a child of the club. With four Olympic medals, I think it is quite a unique achievement in the history of French swimming and Toulouse deserves to have a Paris 2024 pool. It will also be called Léon Marchand,” he says on the RMC microphone.
The Pink City will have to convince the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and the President of the Republic who makes the final decision. The regional prefecture of Occitania is in competition with Lille for this allocation.
Read also:
'Léon Marchand made us want to swim': Toulouse residents are proud to swim in 'his' pool
However, this Olympic swimming pool will not be the one where Léon Marchand won his four medals, it will return to the city of Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis).