Danish handball star Mikkel Hansen, three-time world champion, announced on Wednesday that he would end his career “this summer”, after the Paris Olympic Games (July 26-August 11).
“This summer is a good time to put away my shoes, as long as I stay fully engaged in what I’m doing,” the 36-year-old, legend of his sport, said, emotionally, during a press conference.
Elected best handball player of the year three times (2011, 2015 and 2018), gold medalist at the Rio Games in 2016, nine-time winner of the French championship, there is only one competition left in the Dane’s record. : the Champions League. However, he has one last chance to win this competition, since his club Aalborg Håndbold is qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition.