Hard blow for the Blues: injured in the elbow tendon, the half-center of the French handball team Kentin Mahé risks missing the next World Cup, which will take place from January 14 to February 2, 2025 in Norway, Denmark and Croatia.
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Kentin Mahé, here against Denmark on January 28, 2024, during the European Championship, is uncertain for the world championship which will begin on January 14. | PHOTO TOM WELLER / PICTURE-ALLIANCE VIA AFP
Affected in the elbow tendon, Kentin Mahé should miss between two and three months of competition, according to his club Gummersbach. Enough to seriously compromise its participation with France in the next World Cup, contested from January 14 to February 2, and organized jointly by Norway, Denmark (title holder) and Croatia. The center-half of the Blues, finalists in 2023, was operated on in Cologne.
After Villeminot and Prandi
Despite the two victories against Sweden (37-31) then Norway (27-31) last week, the balance sheet of Guillaume Gille's players seems very heavy two months before the 2025 world championship. After Kyllian's serious injuries Villeminot (Achilles tendon) and Elohim Prandi (shoulder), a third French international could miss the competition due to injury.
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Kentin Mahé is the fourth key player from the German club to be absent for a long period, after Julian Köster, Tom Kiesler and Teitur Einarsson.
