Leon Marchand WINS historic double gold in 200m Butterfly and 200m Breaststroke to become a double Olympic champion in one session

Leon Marchand has pulled off the unimaginable with two gold medals on Wednesday night, sealing a stunning 200m Breaststroke win to add to his 200m Butterfly title earlier in the session. 

The swimmer has been one of the home favourites throughout the games, his every stroke greeted by cheers from the crowd, and he well and truly delivered on Wednesday evening. 

Despite being warned against even attempting it, Marchand made it to the finals of both the 200m Breaststroke and the 200m Butterfly, which took place within the same session. 

Marchand kicked off an improbable double with a finishing kick for the ages.

Trailing most of the race, Marchand surged past defending Olympic champion and world-record holder Kristof Milak to capture his second gold medal of the Paris Games with a victory in the 200-meter butterfly on Wednesday night.

The crowd at La Defense Arena roared as Marchand touched in an Olympic record of 1min 51.71s, beating Milak by four-hundredths of a second.

He then turned what was scorned as borderline arrogance into one of the Olympic Games' greatest ever achievements, with a truly emphatic performance in the Breaststroke.

The Frenchman led from the off and simply blew away the rest of the competition to pull off a feat that not even the great Michael Phelps could ever accomplish. 

Not only did he make it two for two against the odds, but he also broke the Olympic records in both events along the way.