PARIS, July 29 — French swimming sensation Leon Marchand won the 400 metre medley gold at the Paris Games on Sunday and also broke the Olympic record, previously set by US great Michael Phelps, the German news agency (dpa) reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 — National archer Syaqiera Mashayikh - the first Malaysian athlete to be in action at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - got off to a good start when she improved on her personal best in the ranking round of the women’s individual recurve event today.