The birthday
He may have kept the soul of a child and the gait of a young man, the Serbian goalkeeper of Grand Nancy Métropole Handball Obrad Ivezic – born August 12, 1981 in Novi Sad – has been in… “quarantine” since Thursday morning!
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It happened on August 12
In 1984, in Los Angeles. On this day of the closing ceremony, Pascal Thiébaut is preparing to bow down and leave California: the land of choice for the very first “Olympics” of the Nancy half-founder. Four days earlier, the “Thieb ‘” – 25 years old at the time – had a little pleasure in dominating in the 1,500m series a certain… Sebastian Coe, future winner of this legendary edition ahead of his compatriot Steve Cram. Fallen, in the meantime, arms in hand in half, the reigning French champion will not have had the chance to participate in this explanation of the leaders. It will make up for it on the higher distance, the 5.000m, by taking respectively the eleventh then the thirteenth place in the Games of Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992).
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The phrase
“In handball, we feel capable of filling the largest halls because our sport has a huge place in the hearts of the French. ” Les Bleues coach Olivier Krumbholz, interviewed by our colleagues from L’Équipe.
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On TV
Cycling : Tour of Poland – on L’Équipe TV (2:40 p.m.).
Cycling : Tour of Denmark – on Eurosport (3:50 p.m.).
Tennis : WTA Montreal tournament – on BeIN 3 (5 p.m.).
Cycling : French Track Championships, in Bourges – on Eurosport 2 (5 p.m.).
Tennis : Masters 1.000 of Canada – on Eurosport (5:45 p.m.).
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