At the beginning of the week, before flying to Egypt, he told us that he wanted to make the most of his World Cup, the competition of his life. But Gauthier Mvumbi certainly did not imagine living such a beginning of competition.
Friday evening, during the first match of the Congo, against Argentina (28-22 defeat), the pivot of Dreux did not go unnoticed. With his rounded physique, the colossus of Dreux (N2) attracted attention. And he was immediately compared to former American basketball player Shaquille O’Neal by the Overtime account, which has 4.5 million fans on Instagram.
They say you’re the Shaq of handball, what’s going on?
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If he was a little ridiculed in the comments, Gauthier Mvumbi (26) silenced the bad tongues on the field, with an excellent 4/4 shooting. But the story does not end there: put in the know, Shaquille O’Neal in person sent him a video message, causing a buzz on social networks: “They say you’re the Shaq of handball, what’s going on?” Asks the former court star, quadruple NBA champion .
Gauthier Mvumbi, from N2 to the World Cup
“It’s a crazy thing, it’s one of my idols”, gets carried away the player of Dreux, whose phone does not stop ringing. “I just answered ten interviews!”, He says from his hotel in Cairo. And to ride the wave, he has already updated his Instagram bio, renaming himself “Shaq of handball”, while the number of his followers has exploded.
“I don’t quite understand what’s going on, but I only have one thing to tell you: live your dream and fight for who you are.”
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“A dream comes true, I don’t quite understand what is happening, but I have only one thing to tell you: live your dream and fight for what you are”, writes Gauthier Mvumbi, whose dream will continue this Sunday, January 17 since he is expected on the floor to face Denmark, world and Olympic champion.
Romain Leger
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