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Emmanuel Macron challenges Alexis Lebrun, the unusual table tennis match at the Élysée (video)

By TJ

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updated at 3:34 p.m.


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THE SPORT SCAN – Invited to the Élysée, the French table tennis player, bronze medalist in teams at the Games, exchanged a few balls with the President of the Republic.

The President of the Republic tries his hand at table tennis. Facing one of the leaders of the discipline. This Wednesday, Alexis Lebrun published a video on Instagram summarizing his invitation to the Élysée. We see the bronze medalist from the last Olympic Games – in teams with his brother Félix and Simon Gauzy – exchanging balls with Emmanuel Macron, who did not hesitate to “smasher” his young opponent (21 years old), very friendly in his strikes.

Already decorated with the Order of Merit by the Head of State last September from the Arc de Triomphe, at the same time as his little brother Félix (18 years old), Alexis Lebrun savored the moment. “Thanks for the invitation! Thank you for these discussions! I had a great evening, I hope you did too!“, he wrote.

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