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Gicquel and Delrue Make French Badminton World Championship History

Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue are badminton players from France.

They won the mixed doubles world championship for the first time in French badminton history.

In the final, they beat the world’s top-ranked pair from China.

The match lasted three games and was very close.

The French pair played especially well near the net.

They had lost to the Chinese team four times before, but won this important match.

Gicquel and Delrue have played together for about 10 years and have also won major European and international events.

Their victory could help make badminton more popular in France.

Key facts

Final score: Gicquel and Delrue won 22-20, 19-21, 21-15.
Match duration: The final lasted one hour and 18 minutes.
French ranking: Gicquel and Delrue were ranked fifth in the world.
Opponents: Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping were the world No. 1 pair.
Previous World Championship result: Gicquel and Delrue won bronze at the previous edition.
Other achievements: They became European champions in 2024 and won a Super 1000 tournament last year.
Path to the final: They defeated China’s Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin and benefited from the withdrawal of Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran.
Source discrepancy: One passage refers to the French pair as men’s doubles, while the match details and the rest of the reports identify them as a mixed doubles partnership.

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