We’ll have to wait to discover the selection of singles events, but two French table tennis players are already assured of their presence at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. They are Alexis Lebrun and Jiangan Yuan, aged 20 and 38, who were chosen to participate. mixed doubles tournament.
The selection was officially announced by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday, May 7. As the host nation, France had a quota for the event and so the top ranked pair logically inherited it.
Together, the eldest Lebrun brother and the Poitiers-licensed table tennis player have just reached the semi-finals of the Grand Smash tournament (the equivalent of a Grand Slam tennis tournament) from Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Together with his younger brother Felix, Alexis Lebrun has also qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s doubles, which will take place this Thursday, May 9, from 15:00. Felix Lebrun continues his individual journey by qualifying for the quarter-finals of the singles tournament in Saudi Arabia, which will take place this Thursday at 15:00.
In 2021, during the Tokyo Olympics, Jiangan Yuan already competed in mixed doubles, this time with Emmanuel Lebesson. Both Frenchmen finished fourth in this Olympic tournament, very close to a bronze medal. Mixed doubles will see the first Olympic table tennis titles and medals in Paris in 2024, with the final taking place on July 30 at the Paris Sud, located in Porte de Versailles.
Source: Le Parisien
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