“Tonight, it’s an emotion that is perhaps not necessarily as strong as the Games, but which will stay with us for life. » Double Olympic champion with the French team, world volleyball star, Earvin Ngapeth completed his enchanted parenthesis in France on Friday evening.
His return for half a season to Poitiers, his training club, was an incredible event for French volleyball. The national team shines on the international stage. But, as is the case in many other team sports, its clubs do not have the means to compete with other nations, with less restrictive taxation.
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Crowned this summer with a second consecutive Olympic title, he signed to everyone's surprise in mid-September with Stade Poitevin. But his contract offered him the possibility of leaving his new club at the beginning of January in the event of an interesting offer. She came from Türkiye. In January, he will join Fenerbahçe. But he wanted to end his adventure in style.
5,200 spectators gathered at Futuroscope. They gave him a solid ovation at the presentation of the teams. The world star of French volleyball weighed in with all his class on the final tie-break, scoring seven of the last 15 points for his team's victory in the derby against Tours.
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“To wear this jersey and to play in this room with this jersey, for this club, it’s something incredible,” he mentioned as a conclusion to his French adventure.
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