Olga Antropova, the mother of Italian national volleyball Olympic champion Ekaterina Antropova, told that her daughter had found a common language with Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu.
On Sunday, the Italian team beat the American team 3-0 in the final of the volleyball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Antropova moved to Italy six years ago and has been playing for Savino Del Bene since 2021. Last year, the 21-year-old volleyball player changed her sports citizenship from Russian to Italian.
— As for the competition with Egonu, we are really very happy that there is a strong player and a huge load on each of them in their clubs. Katya played the whole season, there were very few substitutions and the workload was just crazy. Having such an experienced player in the roster, an established star who has already played a large number of matches, is very cool and valuable. They found a common language.
The team, as you saw, played a crazy role today. If Katya is entrusted with the end of matches, important moments, then she can decide the moments. Yes, it may have been difficult for her to adapt, since for two years she was the main actress of her club and trained everyone. And in the national team, she had to watch this world from the bench. I will say that this is a huge psychological and, in particular, physical work. In many interviews, Katya said that she was ready to be at least a libero, just to be useful to the team. I think she is doing very well, ”Antropova told .
The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in the French capital will take place on August 11.
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