“It’s unjustifiable
,” Cameroonian handball player Paola Ebanga declared to Le Parisien. The cause is the non-participation of the Cameroon national team in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Hungary (April 11) due to a... visa problem. This
“hiccup”
, which happens
“all the time”
according to Makamte Fabiola, player in Montpellier and for Cameroon for
Le Parisien
, prevents the national team from participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A disillusionment.
“The Cameroon national team did not comply with the documents required to obtain the visa to travel to Hungary in time to participate in the Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (TQO)
, declared the International Handball Federation (IHF ) in a press release on April 9. On the field, Cameroon had nevertheless ensured to qualify for the Hungarian Tournament.
“There is a big responsibility on the part of our Federation which started very late to make the requests
,” continued Ebanga before pointing out a problem coming from
“the State”
. However, there is nothing more to be done. Cameroon will not compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics even if the task promises to be difficult.
“It’s a disappointment not to be able to make the most of your chances, to have a result imposed on you that you can’t control. Many will say that we had no chance of getting out of it but the girls believed in it
,” concluded Makamte Fabiola to Le Parisien.