Incredible, exceptional, historic… Superlatives rain down to characterize Christo Popov’s coronation at the BWF World Tour Finals which brought together the eight best players on the badminton planet this week in Hangzhou, China. The younger brother of Tomi Junior, aged 23, achieved the best French performance in the history of his sport.
“It’s completely crazy what I accomplished this week,” relishes the native of Sofia (Bulgaria). I have benefited from the support of French fans since I was very young. I am very happy to bring this victory to France because we are ambassadors of the bad tricolor with my big brother Toma Junior (15th player in the world). »