Mélic Dufrêne & Cherbourg are Bridge World Champions

Source: france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr At the age of 19, Mélic Dufrêne has just won the title of world team bridge champion under 21 years old. The tournament took place in Lyon. Bridge? he has fallen in since very little. His father, Pierre Dufrêne, tells us: When he was seven and a half, one or two rubbers were played every night before eating. Then he joined a club in Cherbourg with his family: “What is great in bridge is the mix: Generational mix: You can play with your family. Mixed level: in tennis, you can not play with Raphäel Nadal, bridge yes. Diversity: bridge can be played in all the social levels. ” And to say that the final had started badly …

With his team (6 players), Mélic found himself several times at the foot of the podium. This time was the good one. The French faced China in the final, which starts: “They have long been leading by 20 points and then in the 3rd quarter, we catch up 70/69 and took the lead until the end.” They end up beating China 140-120 at the end of a matchday. “We started at 10 o’clock, and we finished at 7 o’clock” , after 48 boards. A world champion, gifted for maths At 19, our world champion is preparing his return, like everyone else. He will integrate the second year of preparatory math class at Grignard High School in Cherbourg. Before passing the competitions for great engineering schools or computer science.

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