A question about popularity of sports

[urabus-denoS2000]

Do you know who Ivano Balic or Nikola Karabatic are?
Just a simple yes or no answer

[Drew]

No

[Brown, Jon Brow]

No

[Rollo]

Yes.

But why the hell does Karabatic play for France?

I'm assuming that the second guy plays the same sport as the first, though I don't remember the name. Is he in GTA4?

[Jag_Warrior]

Never heard of either of them.

[Firstgear]

I've read those names somewhere before.............now where was it?????
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......I remember now......they were mentioned in another thread that I read just a minute ago.

But before that, I had never heard of them.

[Easy Drifter]

No.
But seeing your interest in rallying I thought they might be Croation Ralliests
However, I was curious enough to Google them and no I won't tell.

[Mark in Oshawa]

No...

[MrJan]

Who?

[cali]

Nice question :D , but handball is very unpopular as rallying in North America.

Actually i have played handball in international level as well and in the junior categories i have played against some of the present stars :)

[Jon 'Massa' Beagles]

No.

[Storm]

No.

[urabus-denoS2000]

Yep they are the best handball players in the world

[Eki]

No.

Do you know who Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen are?

[555-04Q2]

No.

[Storm]

No again.

[A.F.F.]

Do you know who Taisto Miettinen and Kristiina Haapanen are?

Your mom and dad?

[BTCC2]

Nope

[Eki]

Your mom and dad?
No, they are the 2009 World Wife Carrying Champions.

[Easy Drifter]

Geez Eki. Here I thought they were your kids! :D :confused: :eek:

[emporer_k]

no

[A.F.F.]

No, they are the 2009 World Wife Carrying Champions.

Yep, the saddest thing is that actually knew it :mark:

[Eki]

Yep, the saddest thing is that actually knew it :mark:
I had to google. But I'm sure they are still better known in Finland than any cricket player or even any handball player.

[cali]

I had to google. But I'm sure they are still better known in Finland than any cricket player or even any handball player.
Funny thing is that when i have talked to my finnish handball colleagues, they know nothing about rallying. Is this some finnish way of disregarding everything else which is not concerning YOURSELF?

[Eki]

Funny thing is that when i have talked to my finnish handball colleagues, they know nothing about rallying. Is this some finnish way of disregarding everything else which is not concerning YOURSELF?
I don't know. I think in Finland handball is only popular among the Swedish speaking Finns, so it might be a cultural thing.

[A.F.F.]

Is this some finnish way of disregarding everything else which is not concerning YOURSELF?

:up:

Yes it is. As for my part at least.

[cali]

:up:

Yes it is. As for my part at least.

:D

[cali]

I don't know. I think in Finland handball is only popular among the Swedish speaking Finns, so it might be a cultural thing.
True :)

[DexDexter]

Funny thing is that when i have talked to my finnish handball colleagues, they know nothing about rallying. Is this some finnish way of disregarding everything else which is not concerning YOURSELF?

Rallying is not as popular in Finland as people make it out to be. Sure people like to go to Jyvaskylä, have a bottle of beer and watch a couple of cars go by but in reality that's it. F1 is by far more popular here.

[A.F.F.]

Rallying is not as popular in Finland as people make it out to be. Sure people like to go to Jyvaskylä, have a bottle of beer and watch a couple of cars go by but in reality that's it. F1 is by far more popular here.

It's not the quantity of rallyfans here in Finland. It's the quality :D

[DexDexter]

It's not the quantity of rallyfans here in Finland. It's the quality :D

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