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Men's Swimming's Foster wins bronze in 400 IM at Paris Olympics

Related Topics: Bob Bowman, Léon Marchand

PARIS, France — Former University of Texas star Carson Foster earned a bronze medal in the 400-meter individual medley final on Sunday evening at the Paris Olympic Games inside the Paris La Defense Arena. In addition, former Longhorn Caspar Corbeau of Netherlands finished in eighth place in the 100-meter breaststroke final and rising senior Luke Hobson qualified for the final of the 200-meter freestyle.

In Sunday night's 400 IM final, Foster posted a time of 4:08.66 to finish third. Leon Marchand of France, who currently trains under Texas head coach Bob Bowman, claimed the gold medal with an Olympic-record mark of 4:02.