Former head coach Russian team in handball, Vladimir Maksimov, in an interview with , said that the president of the Norwegian Handball Federation (NHF), Kara Geiroma, was asleep and saw that Russia was excluded from the list of members of an international organization , and also suggested that it could all be because of the Norwegian handball player “Vipers” Anna Vyakhireva .
Earlier, the International Handball Federation (IHF) Ethics Commission issued a warning to Norwegian Handball Federation (NHF) President Kare Geirom Lio for calling for Russia to be excluded from the organisation’s membership list. .
– In the wake of what is happening, everyone is trying to tell something, to prove that they are alive. I think the president of the Norwegian federation is sleeping and sees that Russia does not play handball, especially women’s. We stripped them of their medals at the Rio Olympics in Tokyo. So it makes sense.
But here, as they say, nothing personal – just business. A strong team will be less and good. Now everyone creeps in with their own opinion. I don’t know if he supports his Norwegian government with this. Now everyone creates their own image, but few people understand that by playing with strong teams you get the result. The absence of our teams from the world and European championships and the Olympic Games is a blow for world handball.
When it comes to serious business, it turns out that sports is big politics. Not every small country that has achieved some success understands that only the global development of sport can bring success to every federation. I don’t think the Norwegian’s statement carries weight and force. He simply decided to make it a private definition against a backdrop of general hysteria.
However, everything can be much more prosaic, even without getting into grand politics. One of the best handball players in the world and Russia Anna Vyakhireva signed a contract with the Norwegian club. Probably, the guys, under the cover of a breaking wave from the Barents Sea, decided to persuade her to stay. She has a contract with Rostov, she performs well there, the club became the champion of Russia. Maybe it was all done because Anya stayed to play in Norway and amid the hysteria terminated the contract with Rostov,” Machimov told .
Source : MatchTV
