French volleyball team libero Grebennikov admitted his father advised him to play in Russia

French Olympic volleyball champion Jenia Grebennikov speaking on behalf of St. Petersburg “Zenith “, admitted to that his father, Soviet volleyball player and coach Boris Grebennikov, advised him to play in Russia.

Grebennikov joined the “blue-white-blue” list in 2021.

— I wanted to try to play in the Russian championship, I was interested. My father always advised me to go to Russia. It worked. It’s hard to say “no” to a city as beautiful as St. Petersburg. If the transfer opportunity had presented itself earlier, I would have changed,” Grebennikov said in a special report “How is it going in Russian?” on .

The 33-year-old volleyball player also recalled the victory of the French team at the Tokyo Games. In the final of the tournament, the French beat the Russian team in five games.

– It was unreal! When we sang the anthem, I thought it was impossible: we are Olympic champions, we have gold medals. Two weeks before, we had played poorly against the Americans and started the tournament poorly. And we finished well,” Grebennikov said.