In Fos-Sur-Mer, the Popov Brothers Developed Their Own Chemical Formula of Badminton

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Driven by their father Toma Popov, the Frenchmen Christo and Toma Junior are aiming for the single and double podium at the Paris World Championships from August 25 to 31.

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Toma Junior Popov, in Changzhou, China, on July 25, 2025. – / AFP Ambitious at the Worlds held since August 25 in Paris, the French badminton owes its current progress not only to its Parisian Olympic pole. Two of the best tricolor players, Christo Popov (10th world) and Toma Junior Popov (15th world), do not train at the National Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (Insep), in the border of the capital, but as a family, in Fos-sur-Mer…