This Saturday morning, on the Madrid side, the Frenchmen Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue won the silver medal in the mixed doubles at the European badminton championships.
They will necessarily be satisfied with it. This Saturday morning, during the European badminton championships, which took place near Madrid in Spain, the French pair composed of Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue won the silver medal, in the mixed doubles category. A title of vice-champion of Europe, after their defeat, in the final, against the German pair composed of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Lohau, who then had the status of the number four seed. A defeat two sets to one (16-21, 22-20, 21-16). Eleventh players in the world, Gicquel and Delrue were, during this competition, the number two seeds.
It’s the silver medal ???? for the mixed Thom GICQUEL / Delphine DELRUE
After a hotly contested final, the Blues lost 21/16 20/22 16/21 against Mark LAMSFUSS / Isabel LOHAU ????????
Bravo Thom, @dedeyyyyy and their staff ???? @EquipeFRA @Paris2024 @Olympic Games pic.twitter.com/toYbaXLtF9
– FFBaD (@FFBaD) April 30, 2022
France leaves these European championships with two medals
The Tricolores thus failed to become the first Tricolores to win the title of European champion, despite a meeting that lasted one hour and thirteen minutes of play. Despite everything, this silver medal corresponds to their very first medal won in the occasion of a major international meeting. In the history of badminton, no other French pair had ever gone so far, in this category of mixed doubles, in the European championships. More generally, at these same European badminton championships, on the side of Madrid in Spain, the French team leaves, with a total of two medals. In addition to the one mentioned above, this Friday, Toma Popov then won the bronze medal, in the men’s singles category.
