Table Tennis Genius' Lebrun Brothers Challenge for Medals
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Table Tennis Genius' Lebrun Brothers Challenge for Medals for the First Time in 27 Years in Busan, France
France is a table tennis powerhouse, ranked among the top four in Europe.
However, it was unable to reveal a clear presence on other continents, being overshadowed by countries such as Germany and Sweden.
In particular, it performed poorly on the international stage in the 2000s.
This is because they failed to cultivate successors after the stars of the 1990s such as Jean-Philippe Gatien and Patrick Chilla.
France has won the men's team event at the European Table Tennis Championships four times, ranking fourth after Germany (15 times), Sweden (9 times), and Hungary (4 times), but its last win was 26 years ago in the 1998 Eindhoven Tournament. 온라인카지노
Even at the world championships, he was unable to reveal his presence for a long time.
He has not won a prize for 27 years since the 1997 competition, in which he finished second.
French table tennis is on the rise again.
The Lebrun brothers are leading the upward trend.
His younger brother Felix Le Brun (6th) and his older brother Alexis Le Brun (22nd) are the highest world-ranked players on the team.
In particular, his younger brother Felix, a European player, rarely uses a Chinese pen holder.
Felix, who won his first adult title in the men's singles at the 2023 World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Antalya Tournament, has continued to perform consistently in international competitions and has already raised his world ranking to 6th place.
Among the players participating in the BNK Busan Bank 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships, which is scheduled for the second day on the 17th, Felix is the player with the highest ranking, excluding the five Chinese players.
Felix was born in September 2006 and is only 17 years old.
Nevertheless, he rose to the top spot among non-Chinese players.
This is why the modifier ‘genius’ is not a waste.
The Lebrun brothers debuted at the team world championships at the 2022 Chengdu Games.
France, who took first place in the group stage at the time, defeated England 3-2 in the round of 16, but could not overcome Germany in the quarterfinals.
The Lebrun brothers seemed to have succeeded in advancing to the semifinals by winning the 1st and 2nd matches, but as a lie, they lost the 3rd, 4th, and 5th matches and ended up losing.
His dream of winning a world competition for the first time in 25 years was in vain.
After accumulating his experience on the international stage for two years, the Le Brun brothers appear to have become stronger.
On the 16th, the first day of the World Championships in Busan, he started well by defeating Denmark 3-1 in the first match of Group 4 of the group stage.
He continued his cruise by defeating Algeria 3-0 in the second game on the 17th.
The Lebrun brothers' goal this year is to win a gold medal on the home table at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
If he succeeds in winning the World Championships for the first time in 27 years at the Busan Games, where he competes against the best players, his prospects for a medal in Paris will become brighter.