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Melissa Vargas She is considered the best volleyball player today and has demonstrated this in these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she defends the colors of the Türkiye national teamwhich, for the first time in its history, has a real chance of winning a medal at the most important sporting event.
The one born in Cuba She has been playing in the Turkish League for 24 years since 2018 and will represent that country from 2023. Therefore, this was going to be her first participation in the Olympic Games with the Ottomans placing great hopes on her, since prior to her arrival they had not had any relevance at an international level.
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Everything changed when they were crowned world and national champions. Nations League following its incorporation last year. Therefore, for the Paris 2024 event, Melissa Vargas He wanted to repeat that feat and bring glory to his adopted country.
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In the first round, the Turks beat the Netherlands 3-2 and the Dominican Republic 3-1, although they ended with a clear defeat in three sets against the Italians, who took the lead.
This is how he had to measure himself against Chinawhich was undefeated. However, in a close match, Turkey managed to win 3-2 thanks to the 42 points of Melissa Vargaswho was just two goals away from breaking the Olympic record.
Melissa Vargas was Türkiye’s leading scorer
That victory allowed them to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time in their history, facing Italy on August 8, in what could be a rematch of what happened in the group stage.
Just like in the previous match, Italy took control of the match, winning the first set with a score of 22-25, despite the six points from Melissa Vargaswho was again the leader of her team (5 points) in the second quarter, but again it turned out to be unfavorable (25-19) making everything uphill.
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In the third set, Turkey seemed to redeem itself, as it dominated most of the game. However, that effort was in vain, as the Italians showed their quality and took the match 25-22 to secure the victory.
In the end it was a deja vu of what happened in the first phase, where the Mediterranean team came out on top in three sets. The 17 points of the match were not enough. Melissa Vargas to avoid this outcome.
Now Türkiye will seek the bronze medal on August 10 against Brazil, a team that lost to the United States in the other semifinal.
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