France's Leon Marchand won the men's 200m butterfly at swimming's world championships on Wednesday to claim his second gold of the competition.
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Marchand came home in 1min, 52.43sec, ahead of Poland's Krzysztof Chmielewski on 1:53.62 and Japan's Tomoru Honda on 1:53.66.
Marchand won the 400m individual medley on the opening night of the competition in record-breaking time.
???? Leon Marchand strikes again!! ??World Champion in the 200m Butterfly in 1:52.43 #AQUAFukuoka23 pic.twitter.com/i9zQu206cI
— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 26, 2023
He smashed American great Michael Phelps's 400m IM world record, which had stood since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in a time of 4min, 02.50sec.
Defending 200m butterfly world and Olympic champion Kristof Milak of Hungary skipped this year's competition in Fukuoka.
He said he was "neither physically nor mentally in a position to be the best in the world".
Milak is also the defending champion in the 100m butterfly.