The Lebrun brothers, Riner and Marchand ready to thrill the French: Montpellier strikes a major blow on the international sports scene

Le Montpelliérain Félix Lebrun bientôt de retour à Montpellier. XinHua – Xiao Yijiu

Montpellier s’est débrouillée comme une cheffe pour rafler la mise post-JO. En investissant, comme toujours, sur l’événementiel et le spectaculaire.

And at the beginning of autumn, who will be the most beautiful showcase of French sport? ? Like the impression that Montpellier and Toulouse have not finished competing. If the Pink City shone at the Olympic Games through its gold champions with, at the head of the gondola, swimmer Léon Marchand and rugby player Antoine Dupont, whose international fame has exploded, it has above all established itself as the queen city of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The one whose name has been crossing all the TV sets for two months, as King Leon scours the star shows on the channel before returning to train in the United States. There are worse advertisements than an angel's face with a well-filled head to convey an image of a “winner” in Toulouse.

Except that Montpellier is not to be outdone with table tennis players Félix (double bronze medalist) and Alexis Lebrun (bronze medalist), the bright brothers of a city that, it seems, has managed to sweep the post-Olympic stakes like a boss. By investing, as always, in events and the spectacular (*).

An increased position on the international sports scene

Attention, anthology: from October to June, “Montpeul” will welcome the three big stars of the Games, Félix Lebrun, judoka Teddy Riner and Léon Marchand. The first will be at the Arena Sud de France from October 22 to 27 for a major international table tennis tournament (WTT Champions), then it will be the turn of the master of the tatami, a PSG resident, to take over the same Arena on December 21 (the “Final Four” European Judo Club Cup), before the Merchant of Dreams extends his reign at the Angelotti Olympic swimming pool in Antigone from June 14 to 19, 2025 (French long-course swimming championships).

Three world icons, three major events, which confirm Montpellier's positioning in the organization of major international competitions. This will be an opportunity for the Lebrun siblings to taste at home their growing popularity since their Olympic epic. And for the public who did not have the chance to go to Paris this summer, to feel a scent of the Olympic Games with lingering scents.

(*) Contacted, the Montpellier city hall did not respond to our requests.