Sport Hanning sees the handball world championship as a model - and dreams

DHB Vice President Bob Hanning sees the handball world championship in Egypt as a model for other major sporting events in times of Corona.

© Provided by sport1.de Hanning sees the handball world championship as a model - and dreams

New Egyptian capital (SID) - DHB Vice President Bob Hanning sees the handball world championship in Egypt as a model for other major sporting events in times of Corona. "I think that despite the many prophecies of doom, it is a World Cup at the very highest level, with maximum safety precautions. That can be a model for all other major tournaments," said Hanning in an interview with the newspapers of the Funke media group. The tournament is not only good for German handball, "but also for all of German sport".

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Hanning rejected the massive criticism of the 32-team mega-World Cup, which many consider to be irresponsible. "I can only take note of this with a shake of my head," said the 52-year-old: "Everyone can have and express their opinion, but it is definitely safer for the participants here than in Germany."

Among other things, SPD health expert Karl Lauterbach had described the handball world championship as the wrong tournament at this time - not understandable for Hanning. "For Karl Lauterbach, it's apparently about increasing his market value in talk shows, and if I say something 20 times, I'm right now and then, but make myself unbelievable and fail to pursue my actual job," said the manager: " I forbid myself to pass judgments if one is not there at all. "

For Hanning, after eight years in the association, it will be the last World Cup in his role at the German Handball Federation (DHB). But that's not why he's sentimental. Today, according to Hanning, is no time for sentimentality. In addition, "the Olympic Games with our dream of gold are still ahead of us. We have done and achieved a lot together here at DHB, and now we still have this one big goal, and we want to achieve it." In autumn, Hanning retires from the DHB.