Paola Egonu had already decided this when she played in the final of the Paris Olympics, but now it’s official.
Two weeks have now passed, but it will take much longer than we thought to get over the emotions that the 2024 Olympics gave us. One above all, the one that overwhelmed us when Julio Velasco’s girls, at the culmination of a ride that we can only call extraordinary, climbed to the roof of the world by winning the coveted gold medal.
A much-deserved gold, the result of incredible teamwork and unparalleled dedication. With them we rejoiced and suffered, but also cried once we realized what an incredible feat they had made themselves the protagonists of. The Bel Paese paid tribute to its champions in every possible and imaginable way, but it is not over yet. The celebrations continue and it is more than flattering, what is about to happen to the stars of Italvolley, led by an incredible Paola Egonu.
The opposite player from Cittadella, since last year on the strength of Vero Volley Milano, has put her signature on it. Not on a contract that will take her far away from us, ever. She has already given herself a parenthesis abroad, more precisely in Turkey, and at least for the moment it does not seem that she has any intention of leaving Italy again. Here after all she has found success, eternal glory, as well as love, which for her has the face and smile of volleyball player Leonardo Puliti.
Paola Egonu, what an heirloom: all in Lausanne
Where did she put her signature, you may be, then, legitimately wondering. Well, Paola put it in an “unusual” place,” on one of the relics that, from now on, will be kept among the display cases of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
All the girls protagonists of the Italian feat signed the ball of the Paris 2024 final, which ended with a 3-0 set victory over the United States. Not only that: next to it will be the jersey signed by Egonu, one of the highlights of the collection related to the Games that took place beyond the Alps in recent weeks.
Inaugurated in 1993, the Swiss museum covers an area of 3,000 square meters and boasts some of the most valuable pieces from the last editions of the Olympics. Including, precisely, the jersey that Paola took off at the end of the race so that it could be preserved in Lausanne. All the more reason to visit it and take a plunge into the history of the Games.
