Flashback Friday: Florent Manaudou Preps For Olympic Gold At Mare Nostrum

Flashback Friday to the 2012 Mare Nostrum in Canet-en-Roussillon where France's Florent Manaudou won the 50m freestyle in preparation for winning the gold medal in the 50m freestyle at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Jun 2, 2017 by Maclin Simpson

Flashback Friday: Florent Manaudou Preps For Olympic Gold At Mare Nostrum

2017 Mare Nostrum Tour

Stop No. 1: Monaco -- WATCH LIVE

June 10-11, 2017
Monaco, Monaco
Prince Albert II Olympic Pool

Stop No. 2: Barcelona -- WATCH LIVE

June 13-14, 2017
Barcelona, Spain
Club Natació Sant Andreu

Stop No. 3: Canet-en-Roussillon -- WATCH LIVE

June 17-18, 2017
Canet-en-Roussillon, France
Canet 66 Natation

The Manaudou family is full of pretty good swimmers. Laure Manaudou is a three-time Olympic medalist from the 2004 Athens Olympics. Her career went through peaks and valleys after those Games, but she eventually came full circle at the 2012 London Olympic Games -- where she was competing -- when she got to watch her younger brother Florent Manaudou win gold in the 50m freestyle with a blazing time of 21.34.

How did Flo Manaudou prepare for Olympic glory? By swimming in the Mare Nostrum Tour. Check out the video below where Manaudou takes the 50m freestyle crown at the 2012 Mare Nostrum in Canet-en-Roussillon against some strong competition like Marcelo Chierighini, Brent Hayden, and Fabien Gilot.

More of the world's best swimmers -- including Katinka Hosszu, Chas le Clos, Penny Oleksiak, Mack Horton, Yulia Efimova, the list goes on and on -- will be at the 2017 Mare Nostrum to prepare for this summer's World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

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