Open Extended ReactionsSINGAPORE -- Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds, to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. Marchand won four Olympic gold medals a year ago in Paris, but he's swimming only the 200 and 400 medley -- and relays -- in Singapore. Marchand will swim the 400 IM on Sunday, the final day of the world championships. Marchand was about 1.8 seconds under the world record after 150 meters and powered home with the final freestyle leg. American Bobby Finke, the three-time Olympic gold medalist, was fourth, far off the pace in 7:46.42.