‘LeBrunmania’ at the Olympics? ‘Some stores no longer carry table tennis rackets,’ says CEO of Cooperative U

2024-08-28 14:30:00

Gauthier Delomez
August 28, 2024 at 4:30 pmmodified to

August 28, 2024 at 5:45 pm

Brothers Alexis and Félix Lebrun stunned France at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning bronze in team table tennis. As Dominique Schelcher, CEO of Cooperative U, shared on the microphone of France Sport, this success is reflected in the sales of the rackets in supermarkets.

The Paris Olympics, a real soap opera in the summer of 2024, are the dream of many French spectators, young and old, who thrill behind the French athletes. Especially the Lebrun brothers, who brought two bronze medals to the delegation, first as an individual with Felix, the youngest of the siblings, and then as a team with Alexis, the oldest, and Simon Gauzy.

Success leads to career. If the French Table Tennis Federation hopes to welcome new fans of our popular sport, table tennis, at the start of the academic year, the enthusiasm can already be felt on the shelves of our supermarkets.

“People want to get back into sports, so they need to equip themselves”

As Dominique Schelcher, CEO of Cooperative U, said on the show France in actionsales related to table tennis have exploded. “After seeing the Lebrun brothers, many people want to play table tennis again,” the boss explained. Europe 1.

This craze for sports goods is even more prevalent among specialist brands, according to the manager. “I have also observed that my colleagues at Decathlon have had a very good season, there is also enthusiasm at Intersport, people want to return to sports, to exercise and therefore to equip themselves, so all these activities have an impact”, explains Dominic Schercher.

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