Table tennis: When Félix Lebrun jumps on the table to celebrate his victory, the answer to his brother a year later

The little brother took revenge. Moved in tears after his setback against his brother Alexis in the final last year in Montpellier, Félix Lebrun was crowned champion of France for the first time of his young career this Sunday in Levallois. At the end of a breathtaking match, the bronze medalist at the Paris Games 2,024 won four rounds with three (9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 16-14, 11-8, 10-12, 8-11) before returning the currency of his room to his elder.

Winner of the last two fratricidal duels in the final of the French championships, Alexis Lebrun had marked the spirits by jumping on the table, his arms dismissed in front of his brother, to celebrate his third consecutive national title, in March 2024. If Félix had not kept him rigor, the 18 -year -old freckist had promised to return the celebration against his brother in the event of future success. Promise kept! The young nugget even allowed himself to make a “calma”, one of the fetish gestures of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, still in response to the celebration of Alexis last year.

“An extraordinary match”

After counting two sets in advance, Félix Lebrun, who was led 5-1 in his face-to-face with his brother in official competition before the match of the day, was caught up and even had to ward off a match ball in the sixth round. “It was incredible, I made an extraordinary match, you have to do it to win against Alexis,” savor the winner at the end of the game. “Having my first title of champion of France is a dream. »»