He was in Alexis Lebrun's table: thunderbolt in table tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympics, world No. 1 Wang Chuqin eliminated

Moregard a réalisé une performance inattendue. XinHua – Wang Dongzhen

Le Chinois et N.1 mondial Wang Chuqin a été battu mercredi 31 juillet par le Suédois Truls Moregard (4-2) lors des 16es de finale du tournoi de tennis de table aux JO de Paris 2024, dans la partie de tableau d’Alexis Lebrun.

It's the first big sensation of the table tennis tournament of these Paris 2024 Olympic Games. World number one, the Chinese Wang Chuqin was eliminated in the round of 16 by the Swede Truls Moregard (world number 26), at the Arena Paris Sud.

Down 2-0 against the Scandinavian, Chuqin had nevertheless managed to equalize (2-2) before seeing Moregard beat him in six sets (12-10, 11-5, 5-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6), remaining shocked for a few seconds before falling to sol.

In Alexis Lebrun's part of the draw

A piece of news that was undoubtedly well received by all the players in the draw, and especially by Montpellier's Alexis Lebrun, who is in the same part of the draw as the Chinese player he could have faced in the semi-final.

But the French player is still a long way from the last four as he must face the Brazilian Hugo Calderano this Wednesday (at 4 p.m.) for a place in the quarter-finals.