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BRA M: Serginho – “This glory will pass and I will be a normal guy”

by WoV
source: fivb.org; photo: fivb.org

Sergio Dutra Santos, better known as Serginho or Escadinha, is a rare example where a libero's role has been recognized and rewarded.

Serginho

Serginho

On Sunday afternoon, the closing day of the Olympic Games,Serginho  was named Most Valuable Player of the Rio 2016 men’s volleyball tournament – the icing on the cake of Brazil’s remarkable gold medal.

It was Serginho’s fourth and last Olympic Games.

This was my last Olympic Games,” said the 40-year-old who stands 1.84m high. “A day before the match against France I talked to the other guys that I was feeling like I was in a intensive care and I needed to be alive. I asked them to help me be alive. All of them have another Olympic cycle, but not me and I really wanted to be gold one more time.

And now?

Now all I want is to go home,” he said just minutes after Brazil’s triumphant straight-set win over Italy in the Rio 2016 final. “I want to pick up my children from school. To go to a birthday party of my friends. To eat my mother’s chocolate cake. And to be Serginho. This glory will pass and I will be a normal guy.

 

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