THE Paris 2024 GAMES CHANGED THEIR LIVES (10/10) – Even if Félix’s performances in 2024 have raised him a notch higher than his elder Alexis, it is impossible to separate these two brothers who are putting table tennis in the spotlight in France and elsewhere.
« It was a dream of ours since we were little. » But what dream did Félix Lebrun conjure up on November 23, when the year 2024 was already proving to be so rich in tremendous accomplishments for the just 18-year-old from Montpellier? Was he looking back with a bit of nostalgia on this wonderful summer which had seen him climb twice – individually and at the end of the team competition – to the third step of the Olympic podium during the Paris 2024 Games? It could have, as his performances at Porte de Versailles met a large part of his expectations and left a lasting impression, but the table tennis player had something else in mind at that moment…
With his big brother Alexis, he had just won the doubles final of the WTT Circuit Finals, the equivalent of the Masters in tennis, dominating the Japanese Hiroto Shinozuka and Shunsuke Togami (12-14, 14-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4). A…
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