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Hande Baladın after European title: “This team deserves the very best”

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Hande Baladın said Turkey’s women’s volleyball team felt happy and proud after winning the European championship in Istanbul.
  • She said the team never lost faith until the final point and praised the support and atmosphere around the match.
  • Baladın also said Turkey secured an Olympic berth and that she played through an injury in the final.

Hande Baladın described Turkey’s European championship victory as a source of immense happiness and pride, made even more special because the team achieved it in Istanbul.

“It was like death for the match, but nobody died,” Baladın said, describing the intensity of the final. She added that the players never lost their belief until the last ball and thanked everyone for the support and atmosphere.

It was like death for the match, but nobody died.

· Hande BaladınShe used the phrase to describe the difficulty and intensity of the European championship final.

The outside hitter said the team had invested enormous effort in the achievement. “This team deserves the very best,” she said, adding that the players had overcome another difficult challenge together and would continue in the same way.

This team deserves the very best.

· Hande BaladınBaladın praised the team’s effort after its European championship victory.

Baladın also discussed the injury she carried into the final. Because it was the championship match, she tried to put the injury out of her mind, while the medical staff did everything possible to help her play.

She said the team had only just fully realized that it had secured an Olympic berth. Turkey plays for the championship at every tournament, Baladın said, and she was pleased that the Olympic qualification had been settled there.

We never lost our belief until the last ball.

· Hande BaladınShe described the team’s determination during the final.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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