Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue aim for gold at Euro 2022 in Saarbrücken

Unhappy finalists of Euro 2022 in Madrid, Thom Gicquel (Mulhouse) and Delphine Delrue (Chambly), 13th in the world and seeded No. 2 in mixed, will therefore try to win their first gold medal in an international competition major this Saturday in Saarbrücken. A little before midnight on Friday, the five-time French champions defeated the Danes Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund, 22nd and n°4, in the semi-finals, whom they had never faced, at least not together (22-20). , 16-21, 21-13). They notably had to save a set shuttle at 19-20 in the first set.

The Blues lead 3-1

After also obtaining silver at the 2023 European Games in Tarnow (Poland), they will face themselves around 9 p.m., for their third continental final in a row, against other Danes, Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje, 10th and seeded 1 , scorers at the end of the suspense in the other half of the Dutch Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek, 16th and tds 3 (25-23, 21-23, 21-18). The Blues lead 3-1 against the Scandinavians, bronze medalists at Euro 2021 and at these 2023 European Games, but have not met them for almost two years.

Mathias Christiansen has also already been crowned vice-European champion. It was in 2018, also in Spain, in Huelva, with another partner, Christinna Pedersen.

This logical final with regard to the global ranking promises to be undecided between the two best current pairs of the Old Continent, also seeds 1 and 2 of this 30th individual Euro.

2024-04-12 22:11:29
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