Elves going Apeshit

Iceland's handball team beats Spain 36-30 and makes the Olympic final.

More astonishingly, team handball makes it into US media!

Clearly, this is because of the elves, because they are magic, you know.
And the team captain is an existentialist. I think this is to be recommended for team sports in general.

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