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Olympia-Quali: Volleyballerinnen peilen nächsten Sieg an
Nach dem Kraftakt gegen Südkorea peilen die deutschen Volleyballerinnen auf dem Weg zu den Olympischen Spielen 2024 in Paris gegen Slowenien den nächsten Sieg an. "Wir können als selbstbewusster Favorit reingehen – und das werden wir machen", sagte Außenangreiferin Lena Stigrot vor dem Duell im polnischen Lodz.
Die Sloweninnen, gegen die es am Mittwochabend (20.30 Uhr) geht, "haben sehr viele junge Talente, aber ich denke, über die gesamte Spieldauer werden wir die größere Qualität aufs Feld bringen", betonte Stigrot. Die Devise fürs vierte Qualifikationsspiel laute: "Vollgas!"
Gegen Südkorea hätte die Auswahl des Deutschen Volleyball-Verbandes (DVV) am Dienstag den Sieg trotz einer 2:0-Satzführung fast noch verspielt. Am Ende standen ein 3:2 und die Erkenntnis, "dass wir es wieder geschafft haben, den Kopf aus der Schlinge zu ziehen", wie Stigrot sagte.
Die harten Brocken in der Qualifikationsgruppe warten zum Abschluss. Nach dem Slowenien-Spiel geht es gegen die Polinnen weiter, die Deutschland jüngst bei der Heim-EM ausgeschaltet hatten. Danach warten noch Duelle mit Italien und den USA. Bei dem Turnier werden lediglich zwei Tickets für Paris vergeben.
K.Thomson--BTB