Bob Bowman guided Michael Phelps to glory and was in tears after Léon Marchand delivered on his promise in Paris
Leon Marchand and his coach Bob Bowman in Rennes last year. An email sent by Marchand four years ago initiated their working relationship.Leon Marchand and his coach Bob Bowman in Rennes last year. An email sent by Marchand four years ago initiated their working relationship.
Four years ago Bowman, soon after taking the coaching job at Arizona State University, received an email from a French teenager hoping to attend college and train in the United States. Soon after, Bowman, who had worked as the head coach for the US swimming team as recently as last summer at the world championships in Fukuoka, joined the French coaching staff as an assistant so he could continue working with Marchand directly in the run-up to a home Olympics. That raised some eyebrows back home, where Bowman has been a fixture on the deck for American teams, as an assistant or head coach, for two decades.
“I’m so proud of him,” Bowman said. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen somebody win two individual events . Tonight was amazing, he’ll never forget it. Quite honestly, this whole meet is about me fulfilling a promise I made to a kid three years ago and that I could come through and deliver because not only was it a challenge for him, it was a huge challenge for me.
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