Petar & Djordje: Golden Future

For Petar, the 2023/24 season was hugely impressive for one so young; he won the EHF Champions League with Barça, scoring 24 goals across the campaign, was called up to Spain's bronze medal winning team at the 2024 Olympics, and  was named MVP of M20 EHF EURO 2024 in Slovenia in July, which Spain won.

Djordje suffered an injury two matches into the M20 EHF EURO, but two years ago, it was his moment in the spotlight, as he was named in the All-star Team at M18 EHF EURO 2022, where the twins also collected winners' medals as part of the Spain team.

They could not let the intervening year be a quiet one - they were in the Spain squad that took gold in the Men's IHF Youth World Championship 2023.

So much success so young sounds hard to comprehend, but the documentary suggests it could almost be expected.

Introduced to the sport by their father who was passionate about handball, the two played together as youngsters and in the Barça youth system with an understanding that only twins can share.

But their confidence, drive, dedication and style makes them both standout players in their own right, and gives the impression they are both more mature than their 18 years.

They still have their own characteristics, both on and off the court, which they explain in the documentary, while still having an excellent relationship.

That relationship will begin a very new chapter in the 2024/25 season, when Djordje goes on loan to Montpellier HB. It will be the first time that the twins have spent a serious amount of time apart.

How much the two will learn and grow as people and players remains to be seen, but if the rest of their young lives is anything to go by, they will only overachieve.

Click here to watch "The Cikuša Brothers - Golden Future".

Photos © EHF archive, kolektiff, Jan Gregorc / Rokometna zveza Slovenije