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World handball star Gidsel to swim across deep marine strait in open water challenge

Mathias Gidsel in action during the Champions League final against Barcelona
Mathias Gidsel in action during the Champions League final against BarcelonaCredit: Ronny HARTMANN / AFP / AFP / Profimedia

On Thursday afternoon, Danish international star and World Handballer of the Year Mathias Gidsel along with the rest of the Fuchse Berlin squad is set to swim across Lillebaelt, a narrow, deep marine strait in Denmark that separates the Jutland Peninsula from the island of Funen

He is currently at a training camp in Denmark with his Füchse Berlin teammates, where coach, Nicolej Krichau, has arranged a challenge for the players: To swim from Snoghoj to Middelfart, a distance of 800 metres in open waters.

Fuchse Berlin on Wednesday evening played a friendly against Aalborg Handball, who reached the semi-final of the Champions League. The match ended in a draw 36-36.

Fuchse Berlin starts the 2026/27 season on 22 August against SC Magdeburg in the German Super Cup in Munich. Their first domestic Bundesliga league match follows on 27 August as they host MT Melsungen at the Max-Schmeling-Halle

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