Margot Lambert and Anne Tran crowned European champions in women's doubles. They beat Bulgarian sisters Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva, three-time reigning European champions.
Toma Junior Popov was expected to win the hat-trick but lost to Anders Antonsen. The 25-year-old Frenchman won his qualification for the 2024 Olympics by eliminating the world No. 1 and reigning Olympic champion, the Dane Viktor Axelsen. He will compete in the brand new Adidas Arena at the Paris Olympics in 2024. The Lambert - Tran duo, ranked 18th in the world, performed at the 2023 European Games, winning bronze. They form the first French pair to participate in an Olympiad since the 1992 Games (Virginie Delvingt and Christelle Mol) The French player will have to settle for a silver medal, the day after a success which shook the badminton world, Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue captured gold in the mixed doubles.