Marchand says 'just having fun' after victory in post-Olympic return

Shanghai: Leon Marchand won gold in the 100m individual medley with a timing of 50.65 seconds at the short course World Cup in Shanghai on Friday, in...

Shanghai: Leon Marchand won gold in the 100m individual medley with a timing of 50.65 seconds at the short-course World Cup in Shanghai on Friday, in his first swim since his Paris heroics.

The 22-year-old Frenchman, who won four gold medals and was the poster boy of the Olympics this summer, beat Switzerland's Noe Ponti by just one millisecond.

Marchand was thrust into the global spotlight at the Paris Olympics when he won all four of his individual races -- the 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke and 200m-400m medley double.

That put him in elite company alongside American legend Michael Phelps.

"Right now I'm just trying to get back to old training," Marchand, who spent weeks resting after the Olympics, told AFP.