Berlin (dpa) – Bob Hanning criticized the handball national player Juri Knorr, who was not vaccinated against Corona and was therefore absent from the European Championship, and at the same time denied him the EM suitability.
“We are so privileged in sport that we should also be role models, so it is difficult for me to accept his decision,” said the managing director of the Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin and long-time vice president of the German handball federation of the editorial network Germany in an interview.
“Since I don’t know the deeper and more detailed motives for him, I can’t say anything more. But I’ll say one thing very clearly: With the performance shown this season, he doesn’t belong in the national team,” said Hanning of the backcourt player of the Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen.
In the upcoming title fights in Hungary and Slovakia, the European champion “who has the fewest corona cases,” said the handball official. “The many cancellations and resignations in international handball give the sport the opportunity to give birth to new stars. I’m very excited, we will certainly have some positive surprises,” said Hanning, emphasizing the newly formed German EM team with nine debutants : “That reminds me of our European Championship title in 2016, where nobody expected us and where we made progress step by step.”
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