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Lanier Clinches Badminton World Title in France's Golden Double
- On Sunday, French badminton stars Thom Gicquel, Delphine Delrue, and Alex Lanier secured historic gold medals at the Badminton World Championships in New Delhi, marking France's first-ever world championship titles in these categories.
- Seventeen years after Pi Hongyan secured France's first World Championships medal with bronze in 2009, the nation saw a pair and a player capture world titles on the same weekend, following Gicquel and Delrue's bronze in Paris last year.
- Lanier thrashed Japan's Kodai Naraoka 21-11, 21-11 in the men's singles final, while Gicquel and Delrue defeated China's Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping 22-20, 19-21, 21-15 to claim their biggest career titles.
- "I think definitely today was a day for French badminton," Lanier said. Gicquel added, "We were really focused match by match," as the team celebrated achieving their goal of reaching the podium.
- In the women's singles final, reigning Olympic champion An Se-young beat Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-14 in 49 minutes, securing her second world crown to conclude the championship weekend.
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Lanier wins big as Taiwan clinch two medals
Alex Lanier yesterday became the first singles badminton player from France to clinch the BWF World Championships title, moments after France took gold in the mixed doubles, after Taiwan won bronze medals in the men’s singles and doubles the previous day. Taiwanese badminton stars Lee Jhe-huei and Y
·Taipei, Taiwan
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Frenchman Alex Lanier became the new world champion in men's singles badminton, defeating Japanese Kodai Naraoka 21:11, 21:11 in the final of the tournament held in New Delhi.
·Tallinn, Estonia
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The first two world titles in the history of French badminton were won on Sunday by Alex Lanier in singles and the duo Delphine Delrue and Thom Gicquel, in mixed doubles.
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