The captain of the French handball team Estelle Nze Minko and four other players, including two starters, were taken ill on Thursday during training on the eve of the World Cup semi-final against Sweden in Herning ( Denmark).
In addition to Nze Minko, left winger Chloé Valentini and right back Laura Flippes, also starting in the last two matches, watched their teammates train on the “Boxen” field in Herning.
The other two players are replacement pivot Sarah Bouktit and center half Méline Nocandy, who wore a medical mask and was wrapped in her coat.
“I don’t know if it’s an epidemic or the cold of Scandinavia but we have a few sick girls, I hope tomorrow things will be better. We will do everything for and so will they,” commented Grace Zaadi, the center half of Les Bleues.
