Badminton World Championships: Alex Lanier, the new French prodigy who is already reaching the top

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After missing the Paris Olympics due to injury, the 20-year-old Norman, already ranked 7th in the world, will be the leader of French badminton at the World Championships, which begin this Monday, August 25. After a dazzling year, he is aiming for the title in Paris.

Alex Lanier in Tokyo on July 20. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP)

He could have been one of the French stars of the 2024 Olympics, almost from the badminton courts . Instead, Alex Lanier watched them from the stands of the Arena Porte de la Chapelle, brooding over the damaged vertebra that kept him off the courts for six months. Telling himself that he should have been there. Then he picked up his racket bag again, even more determined than before. Former sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra spoke about it

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Badminton World Championships: Alex Lanier, the new French prodigy who is already reaching the top

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