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norge95 · Lounge Lizard Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Posts: 99

I'm curious to know if the finals of the Women's European Handball Championship between Norway and Russia this past Sunday received much media attention in Russia? Women's team handball gets virtually no coverage at all here in the U.S., but I know that the sport is extremely popular in Scandinavia.

The Russian women have won two of the last three World Championships including the 2005 tournament that was played in Saint Petersburg. Russia's victory in last year's tournament and Norway's victory this past Sunday earned both nations automatic births in next year's World Championships, which will be played in France.

Here's the link to an article that was posted at the English edition website of the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten:

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/sports/article1574222.ece

CarlSpackler · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject:

Pretty much all sports (except hockey and football) have been on decline in Russia since the break up of Soviet Union, it’s improving, but slowly, well, at least public attention to a lot of sports lagging behind improved performance of athletes…
I check Russian periodicals quite regularly and have not seen anything on that game. So, to answer your question, no, it didn’t get much attention.

surfguy · Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979

Well if the Olympics go to Sochi...hopefully sports will again be on the rise

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