Victory at European Games to help win license for Rio 2016 - Italian volleyballer
Victory at the first European Games in Baku will help to win a
license for participation in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the
Italian team's beach volleyball player Alex Ranghieri told
Trend.
The group, in which the Italian team performed June 19, included
the teams from Azerbaijan, Norway and Lithuania.
“The most difficult match for us was with the Azerbaijani team,” he
said. “Nevertheless, we were able to show a good result with a
score of 2:0, and move on to the next round.”
Ranghieri said that the Italian team is seriously prepared and
intends to show only good results, as it has its own method of
play.
“As you know, in beach volleyball, one player is usually tall, and
the second one is short,” Ranghieri said. “That is, one acts as a
striker, the second one is a fullback. In our team, both players
are tall, which brings the new system to the game and makes our
team different from the others. Of course, we watched the other
teams, and I can definitely say that they are very strong
competitors.”
Ranghieri also paid attention to the organization of the first
European Games, which, in his opinion, is at the highest level.
“Everything is very good,” said Ranghieri. “Especially I can
mention the Athletes’ Village, where everything is organized at the
highest level. A lot of athletes came to the capital of Azerbaijan,
which is probably due to the fact that the program of European
Games includes many kinds of sports.”
“I have the feeling that we participate in the Olympics,” he said.
“Our victory will certainly allow us to collect points, which in
generally will help to win a license for participation in the Rio
2016 Olympic Games.”
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till
June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic
sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to
represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was
awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in
December 2012.
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