Jovanka Radičević, who comleted her career, shared her thoughts on Russian handball in the interview to Handballfast author Bojan Šoć.
— It’s difficult for me to single out any of the players in the national team of Russia, they are all top players. I really appreciate Russian players, they have an incredible talent of playing one on one, most of them are strong in this game component. It’s a pity they don’t have the opportunity to participate in international competitions and that sport suffers again because it is the purest and the most valuable things in any society. We lack Russian teams in the Champions League and the national team of Russia at the World and European Cups, at the Olympic Games. I hope we’ll see them again soon, it will definitely be more interesting with them.
Irina Dibirova trained me in Vardar, I know her vision of handball, the way she understands it, the way she prepares the team for the match. When Ira was appointed head coach of Rostov-Don, I congratulated her and she jokingly invited to join her. Laughing, I answered that it was a bit late, that I was planning to leave.
Ira with her husband Timur are my loved ones, who are primarily beautiful in their human qualities. I should also mention Inna Suslina and Tatyana Khmyrova - we played together and became friends, we are friends to this day. They are wonderful people and top handball players, I can say only warm words to them, — Montenerin said.
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