They had concluded the Tokyo Olympics fourth, at the foot of the podium. 4 decades later on, they are European table tennis champions: Emmanuel Lebesson from Niort and Jia Nan Yuan, member of the Poitiers TTACC 86, gained gold at the European Multisport Championships in Munich. This Monday, August 15th, they have gained the blended doubles ultimate in 3 sets to 1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9) do aux Roumains Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs.
“I still can not believe that it”, Emmanuel Lebesson said on the microphone a number of minutes just after the victory, with out not thanking “the complete staff” who accompanied him, with Jia Nan Yuan. The French few now have the 2024 Olympics in brain.
