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2021-01-18T09:28:56.661Z


Frivolity regarding the rules of the epidemic, sticking to large quantities and lack of sportiness • The 2021 World Handball Championship has become a fiasco | Additional industries


Frivolity regarding epidemic rules, sticking to large amounts and lack of sportiness • The 2021 World Handball Championship was supposed to be a real celebration for the industry, but plans aside and Corona aside

  • Gothia Ambombi.

    "Shaquille O'Neal of Handball"

    Photography: 

    The official website of the World Handball Championship

The 2021 World Handball Championship was supposed to be a real celebration for the industry.

For the first time in 22 years, the championship has returned to Egypt - one of the two top handball countries on the Black Continent along with Tunisia, and certainly one of the countries where the industry is considered particularly popular.

But plans aside and Corona aside.

From a championship saturated with crowds and color, five days after its opening it can be defined as an unprecedented disgrace, both through the fault of the World Handball Federation (IHF) and the fault of the Egyptian organizers.

Even before the championship, a real fiasco began, when the Czech Republic and the United States withdrew from the tournament at the last minute and were replaced by Northern Macedonia and Switzerland.

At the sporting level, Korea has decided to send its under-23 team to the championship.

why?

For the senior team to prepare for the Olympic Games qualifiers.

This has already led to history in itself with a 51:29 loss to Slovenia - the game with the largest number of goals in the history of the championship since Romania's 38:42 over Russia in 2011.

At the same time, although the championship is supposed to be held in bubble conditions, the teams are accumulating contagious in Corona in large numbers.

In the reigning Danish champions, far-left Emile Jacobsen was found positive for the virus - which led to the isolation of veteran center Morten Olsen.

An example of the frivolity regarding Corona and the importance of complete isolation could also be obtained from photos uploaded by the Qatari Association of Open Air Running Training near the hotel.

The highlight came from the Cape Verde team, which accumulated more and more positive for the virus, until yesterday it became clear that it would not be able to appear for the game against Germany with ten players, and as a result lost a technical 10: 0.

If to date at least ten Cape Verde players are not found negative for the virus, it will mean that one of the weakest teams in the championship - Uruguay, will advance to the second round thanks to a technical victory.

And there is also a positive story: the expansion of the championship to 32 teams allowed not only Uruguay and Cape Verde to qualify, but also the Congo, and miraculously the big star of the championship was Congolese pivot Gothia Ambombi, who plays for Drew from the fourth division in France.

According to the official website of the championship, he weighs 89 kg, but every sensible person who looks at him understands how delusional the data is. He has already earned the nickname "Shaquille O'Neal of handball", and the real Shaq did not remain indifferent. He started following him on Instagram and even sent him "It's a dream come true for me," Ambombi said. "I thank Shaquille for the message and the support."

Source: israelhayom

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