Having just been eliminated from a tournament in Germany, the European ping-pong champion was at the Élysée. The opportunity for him to have a few exchanges with the President of the Republic.
It was neither a match for the title of European champion nor for the Olympic bronze medal, but the pressure still seemed palpable. This Tuesday, November 5, just eliminated from the WTT Champions in Frankfurt by the Taiwanese Lin Yun-Ju, Alexis Lebrun was at the Élysée.
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In a video published on his social networks this Thursday, we can see the European champion hitting a few balls with Emmanuel Macron. “Thank you for the invitation, thank you for your discussions,” wrote the young table tennis player. “I had a very good evening. I hope you do too!”
Official visit of the President of Kazakhstan
The presence of the bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics is explained by the official visit to France of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan. If the President of the Republic wanted to invite the Lebrun brothers, it is because his counterpart loves table tennis, of which he chaired the Kazakh Federation, as reported by Midi Libre.
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This is not the first time that Alexis Lebrun has met Emmanuel Macron. At the end of the Olympic Games, like all the other medalists, the Montpellier native received the National Order of Merit from his hands, in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
