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'King Léon': Marchand wins unthinkable Olympic double in span of 116 minutes

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PARIS — In the multi-century history of swimming at the Olympics, no one — no man, no woman, no superhuman, not even Michael Phelps — had ever won medals in both butterfly and breaststroke.

On Wednesday here at Paris La Défense Arena, with two golden Olympic-record swims, Léon Marchand did it in a span of 116 minutes.

He emerged from a makeshift tunnel at 8:38 p.