Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ka whakawakia te whetū poitūkohu nui rawa o Wīwī a Nikola Karabatic mō te tinihanga i runga i tana whakapae i uru ki tētahi take petipeti ā-ture. Ko Karabatic, he toa koura o te ao me te Olympic, me tana teina o Luka i roto i te roopu kaitakaro i whakakorehia e te riiki French e rua tau ki muri mo te petipeti i te hua o te tukinga i ngaro ai to raatau karapu Montpellier, i whakawhiwhia ki te taitara, ki tetahi roopu uaua. Ko te roia a Karabatic a Michael Corbier i kii ki a Sportsmail i te Wenerei ka tu te whakawakanga i roto i nga marama. Kua whakapaehia te whetu whutupōro o Wīwī a Nikola Karabatic mō te whakatikatika i ngā tukinga me ētahi atu 15. Ka whakataetae te toa o mua o Montpellier mō Wīwī i te whakataetae Handball World Cup ki a Iceland i te marama o Hānuere. 'Kei te hiahia matou kia whakakorea nga whakapae, engari ka whai matou kia kore e hara te whakatau,' e kii ana a Corbier. I roto i te ariā, e tū atu ana ia ki te rima tau ki te whare herehere me te utu, engari ahakoa he whakataunga whakatārewatanga mo te hawhe haora noa iho i te whare herehere, he nui rawa atu. Ko Karabatic, i mauheretia mo te wa poto i te wa i puta mai ai te keehi, kei te takaro ia mo Barcelona i te riiki Paniora. Ka wehe atu a Karabatic i te marae o Montpellier i muri i tana tae atu ki tana tono i te Oketopa 2012. Ko etahi atu o nga kaitakaro o Montpellier o mua, o naianei ranei, tae atu ki a Mladen Bojinovic, Samuel Honrubia, Dragan Gagic, Primoz Prost, Issam Tej me Mickael Robin ka whakawakia hoki. Kua whakakahoretia e Karabatic te whakatakoto petipeti i runga i te tukinga i hinga ai a Montpellier 31-28 ki a Cesson-Rennes. I pūrongotia e te mana petipeti Francaise de Jeux he pikinga tiketike o te petipeti i te haurua o te tukinga, e whakaara ana i ngā whakapae, ā, ka tīmata i tētahi rangahau pirihimana. E pouri ana matou kaore matou e whakaae ana ki nga korero mo tenei tuhinga.
Ko Nikola Karabatic tetahi o nga kaitakaro i whakakorehia i muri i tana petipeti i runga i te tukinga karapu Montpellier e rua tau ki muri. Ka whakaae te toa Olympic o mua kaore ia i hara i te whakawakanga i roto i nga marama e whai ake nei. Ko te whetū poitūkohu nui rawa o Wīwī e tākaro ana ināianei mō Barcelona i te riiki Paniora.