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Post by ajm on Sept 7, 2021 11:45:47 GMT -5
Talita will be 42 in 2024. Agatha will be 41. Isn’t there any other younger blocker besides Ana Patricia who might have Olympic potential? |
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Post by grtorres on Sept 7, 2021 12:30:54 GMT -5
Talita will be 42 in 2024. Agatha will be 41. Isn’t there any other younger blocker besides Ana Patricia who might have Olympic potential? Slightly younger, I'd say Carol or Fernanda Berti, who's returning after having twins. On Ana's age range, not really. Andressa (24) and Taina (26) have done well domestically, but they don't have the size to compete internationally. There's some hope Hege, who's now playing with Taiana, can develop, but she's already 26 and hasn't showed a lot. |
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Post by beachindoor on Sept 15, 2021 19:46:44 GMT -5
AP teams up with Maria Antonelli
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Post by acrossthepond on Sept 16, 2021 2:47:47 GMT -5
That is... surprising.
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Post by guest2 on Sept 16, 2021 4:13:52 GMT -5
Talita will be 42 in 2024. Agatha will be 41. Isn’t there any other younger blocker besides Ana Patricia who might have Olympic potential? Slightly younger, I'd say Carol or Fernanda Berti, who's returning after having twins. On Ana's age range, not really. Andressa (24) and Taina (26) have done well domestically, but they don't have the size to compete internationally. There's some hope Hege, who's now playing with Taiana, can develop, but she's already 26 and hasn't showed a lot. Is Fernanda/Barbara part 2 a possibility? Is it possible Duda is just waiting for AP to show some maturity and commitment and maybe she makes a switch next year or so? Carol is a very good player, but she hasn't won in years and, on skill and physicality only, isn't the player AP is. Carol is younger than Agatha but otherwise seems like a very similar partnership, in other words depending way too much on siding out and serving. Dudatha were successful but hard to see Duda + undersized blocker beating the Ateam more often than not and you would think Duda would aspire to more than one or two wins a season. |
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Post by guest2 on Sept 16, 2021 4:16:49 GMT -5
Talita will be 42 in 2024. Agatha will be 41. Isn’t there any other younger blocker besides Ana Patricia who might have Olympic potential? Both have also shown some age-related drop off over the last few years, Talita more than Agatha, but her too. |
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Post by ajm on Sept 16, 2021 7:48:37 GMT -5
I wonder if everyone is waiting for Duda to split with Agatha after World Tour Finals and the dominoes will fall from there. These other partnerships on the women’s side may just be temporary.
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Post by grtorres on Sept 16, 2021 8:14:13 GMT -5
this is just for the first event of the season. It will be Duda after the World Tour Finals. Maria will play with Fernanda. Agatha’s plans are not sure, but I’m thinking she’ll pick Victoria up. |
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Post by guest2 on Sept 16, 2021 8:33:32 GMT -5
this is just for the first event of the season. It will be Duda after the World Tour Finals. Maria will play with Fernanda. Agatha’s plans are not sure, but I’m thinking she’ll pick Victoria up. With AP? I thought someone mentioned she would be playing with Salgado? Maria/Fernanda should be a fun team |
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Post by grtorres on Sept 16, 2021 11:17:06 GMT -5
this is just for the first event of the season. It will be Duda after the World Tour Finals. Maria will play with Fernanda. Agatha’s plans are not sure, but I’m thinking she’ll pick Victoria up. With AP? I thought someone mentioned she would be playing with Salgado? Maria/Fernanda should be a fun team Yes, Duda and AP. There wasn't an announcement yet, but the clues are everywhere on social media. They should debut in the third event of the Brazilian Tour (Oct 19-24) as the second conflicts with the WT Finals. Carol will stick with Barbara, I think. |
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Post by tamz on Sept 16, 2021 11:56:19 GMT -5
Didn’t realize that Carol and Barbara were only born days apart.
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Post by grtorres on Sept 16, 2021 12:12:45 GMT -5
It's five months
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Post by tamz on Sept 16, 2021 12:49:11 GMT -5
Wikipedia has Barbara for Aug. 3rd, 1987 and Carol Solberg for Aug. 6th, 1987. |
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Post by grtorres on Sept 16, 2021 15:02:41 GMT -5
Wikipedia has Barbara for Aug. 3rd, 1987 and Carol Solberg for Aug. 6th, 1987. You're right, I had it wrong. I had Barbara on March 8, got day/month switched. |
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Post by stephenasinjin on Sept 16, 2021 15:18:59 GMT -5
Per Instagram Evandro and Alvaro training together, kind of as expected.
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