Trento, 05 July 2021

3 yellow-blue players at the Tokyo Olympics, Michieletto: "An emotion to take away sleep!"

Just two years ago, when he was about to be included in the UniTrento Volley roster that would participate in the Serie A3 championship, he could only dream of the Olympics.
Today, that dream becomes reality; Alessandro Michieletto, the last product from the yellow-blue Youth Sector, will participate in the Tokyo Olympics and he will do it with only five attendances in the National team. His was a vertical climb; an ascent to take away sleep, as confirmed by the nineteen-year-old spiker from Trentino, reached by telephone in Rome.
“Indeed, tonight I didn’t sleep a wink from how big was the emotion for a moment so important of my life – he said - . I haven’t still realized what the convocation at the Olympics means for me; it’s perhaps belittling saying that I’m proud and honoured. I thank Trentino Volley, the coaches, my teammates; all of them allowed me to create this exceptional opportunity. We have an important goal ahead of us, we must and want to get as far as possible because the Italian national team deserves all this. I sincerely hope not to realize what I am experiencing until the end of the event, to continue playing lightly and without pressure. I am too excited”.
“I’m very happy, because participating in an Olympics is since forever the dream of every athlete – explained the new yellow-blue setter Riccardo Sbertoli, always by telephone - ; I started playing, hoping sooner or later to win a place among those who will take part in it and now that I have made it I am on cloud nine. I will try to offer my contribution to the cause, because now the goal becomes to do something even bigger…”
“It’s a beautiful and unique feeling, because I realize that not everyone has the possibility to live what will happen to us in few weeks – added by telephone Daniele Lavia, a Calabrian spiker recently included in the Trentino Volley team - . I’m proud to be one of the twelve Italian players, it’s the goal of a life; besides, to reach this goal at only twenty-one years old is a reason for further pride. In the last period, I tried to do even better in training to deserve this opportunity and I'm happy to have convinced Blengini”.

Trentino Volley Srl
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