Félix Lebrun: A Rare European Penhold Prodigy · Now World No. 2
Bronze medalist in men's singles at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the first French winner of a WTT Grand Smash men's singles title in 2026, who rose to world No. 2.
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Bronze medalist in men's singles at the Paris 2024 Olympics, the first French winner of a WTT Grand Smash men's singles title in 2026, who rose to world No. 2.
2025 World Championships women's doubles champion, year-end World No. 1 in both mixed doubles and women's doubles, a core member of the new generation of Chinese women's table tennis.
Became the youngest men's World No. 1 in history at 19 in 2025, then swept men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 2026 Nagoya Asian Games.
Women's team silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, four-time senior champion at the 2026 All Japan Championships, and the core of the next generation of Japanese women's table tennis.
2025 All-Japan Championships men's singles champion and 2026 WTT United States Grand Smash men's singles champion, currently ranked No. 3 in men's singles.
The leader of Japanese men's table tennis who won the World Tour Grand Finals men's singles at 15 and has beaten China's top players repeatedly on the biggest stages.
In the first year of the post-Paris cycle, Lin Shidong reached the top, Lin/Kuai finished the year as mixed-doubles No. 1, and youngsters like Xiang Peng and Chen Junsong broke through — China's pipeline got real in 2025.
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