The wheelchair basketball Leopards have validated their ticket for the semi-finals and face the Pharaohs of Egypt this Friday, January 28 at 5 p.m. This, after having beaten on green carpet the Fennecs of Algeria, this Thursday, January 27th. This meeting is part of the qualifying tournament for the Dubai 2022 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and which is being played in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Congolese Fauves are in the last four of this qualifying tournament leading to Dubai thanks to the 5 points they have in their pocket. The Algerians withdrew due to several cases of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 pandemic in their delegation.
The other semi-final of this beginning of the weekend will oppose South Africa to the host country, Ethiopia.
Rhonel Dimbu, captain of the Congolese selection, says he is morally armed and is optimistic for a possible qualification in the final.
« We have an idea on all the teams. We are going to start this match (note: against Egypt) with very high morale. Despite some difficulties in the competition at the beginning, we now know what to expect. We plan to go to the final because we want to leave very good impressions. It will do us good, also for the federation and the whole Republic. As athletes, we believe in ourselves, in the technical staff“, he told the communication department of the wheelchair basketball federation.
The DRC will try to snatch a medal whatever its nature (gold, silver or bronze). This, to hoist the red, blue and yellow flag very high on Ethiopian soil. There is no need to bear in mind the motto of the renovator of the Olympic Games of the modern era, Pierre de Coubertin, namely: ” The main thing is to participate“, a sentence dropped during his speech at the Summer Olympics in Stockholm (Sweden) in 1912.
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