This year, the European Table Tennis Team Championships are taking place in Malmö (Sweden). A podium for the French team would strengthen its status as a solid outsider in view of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
For the moment, everything is going well for France in Sweden. The French teams got off to a great start to this 43rd edition of the European team championships. The Blues defeated their respective opponents during the group stages. The men dominated Serbia (3-0) and Ukraine (3-1). For their part, the women defeated Italy (3-1) and Turkey (3-0). Now it’s time for the final phase this Thursday, September 14, where the French will challenge the Austrians at 4 p.m., while the French will face the Slovenians at 1 p.m. It is also important to note the withdrawal of Simon Gauzy, the French table tennis player, replaced by Jules Rolland, 92nd in the world rankings.
A workforce that allows you to dream?
The French table tennis team can count on a more than interesting generation of table tennis players. In addition to the meteoric rise of the Lebrun brothers, the youngest Félix (17 years old) ranked 15th in the world and his eldest Alexis (20 years old), 18th in the world, France counts in its ranks the young Prithika Pavade (20 years old) ranked 43rd. worldwide. The latter had beaten Sofia Polcanova, the European number 1 at the time, at just 17 years old. The French women’s team also has the 20th player in the world, Jianan Yuan, present during the European team championships.
However, before we can dream of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we must first meet expectations during this Euro. This is also what the director of high performance at the French Table Tennis Federation, Rozenn Jacquet-Yquel, confirmed to our colleagues from the Team “Pretending to compete for a medal at the Games without winning one at European level is not credible. » However, with such a young and competitive workforce, there is no doubt that the future of French table tennis will be bright.
2023-09-14 09:26:43
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