The story written this year by the Cuban Melissa Vargas will remain in the annals of world volleyball as a feat of magical edges: He won gold and the MVP award in the Nations League, and less than three months later he did the same at the European Championship. In both cases, with Türkiye as the great beneficiary.
23 years old, the opposing attacker received the nationality of that Eurasian country in April 2021, and Immediately the 'Sultanas of the Network' began to show signs of growth in their level of play.
First it was decisive in the Nations League, with a final victory over the Chinese team. The world was at his feet, and Türkiye began to give him all the praise.
The culmination of the task came just a few hours ago, with the success in five sets (and with a comeback) over Serbia, in a match where the Cienfuegos native scored a whopping 41 points.
On his Twitter account, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the country feels “proud” of that victory - the first in those championships - and although he did not want to individualize the feat, he surely remembered when he himself gave him the document. from Turkish to Cuban identity. What a success!
Vargas was by far the most talented athlete on the island's volleyball squad, but in 2018 was sanctioned by the national federation of that sport, which imposed four years without being able to participate in national and international competitions after he signed with the Swiss club Volero behind the domestic entity's back.
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