The Canet-Rotar duo closer to Paris

2023-08-22 11:00:42

U19 world champions in 2021, Arthur Canet and Téo Rotar added a title to their list by becoming European U20 champions. One more step towards Paris 2024.

Arthur Canet and Téo Rotar continue their raid. Already U19 world champions two years ago, the duo won the European U20 title. A revenge for the Blueberries. Beaten last year in the final of the European U20 Championship by the Austrians Timo Hammarberg / Tim Berger, who took advantage of Téo Rotar’s injury in the tie-break to win, Arthur Canet and Téo Rotar won this time European gold in Riga.

No sets lost during the competition

“Téo’s injury loss last year was difficult to digest, we really wanted to win this time. There was a lot of pressure, especially since we were playing once morest our friends. The first set was super tight with set points on both sides, it was played on small details, the second was easier »comments Arthur Canet.

Crowned U19 world champion at the end of 2021, a great first for French beach volleyball, the young French duo therefore adds a new gold medal to a record that is starting to grow, even finishing the competition without having lost a single set. . “We didn’t tell ourselves before the tournament that we were going to be European champions, but we knew we had the capacity.continues Arthur Canet. In the end, it went really well, we took all the matches very seriously, calmly and serenely, we managed to get through. This title is the result of our work, it has a lot of flavor, because it took us a long time to reach a European medal, we had previously often lost in the quarter-finals and we remained on the disappointment of the title which had given us escaped last year. »

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