At the end of their period of isolation and after two negative tests, they "received the green light from the medical staff this Tuesday evening, to find their partners", indicates the FFHB in a press release.
Three reinforcements, also subjected to two tests, including the second on site at the Maison du handball de Créteil with an isolation procedure pending the result, bring the number of staff available for training to 18 elements.
The new arrivals are left wing Raphaël Caucheteux (Saint-Raphaël) and Mathieu Grebille (PSG) as well as center-half Nicolas Claire (Aix-en-Provence).
The three-time Olympic champion and French handball star Nikola Karabatic, infected with the coronavirus, is still absent.
"It's getting better, his brother Luka said on videoconference on Tuesday. He had two or three rather difficult days with a lot of symptoms and was quite tired (...). I think the hardest part is over and it is 'is improving a lot. "
Affected him in the left thigh (a "low grade muscle injury to the quadriceps") and absent in the last three matches of PSG, the vice-captain of the Blues said he felt "much better".
"I am really in the terminal phase (of his convalescence), assured Luka Karabatic. I am almost training normally with the others. There are still a few small adaptations but it is following its path. It is in the good direction."
The Blues, Olympic champions in Tokyo this summer, hope to imitate their predecessors of the Experts who won the international tournament after their 2008 Olympic coronation, namely the 2009 World Cup.
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