With that being said, Del Core is retiring this year.
This is her last professional season with Dinamo Kazan. Del Core will travel with the Italian National Team to the World Olympic Qualification next month in Japan. If Italy qualifies for the Olympics and she remains healthy to compete, the 2016 Olympics will be her final tournament.
She tells rsport.ru:
“This season is my last club season. During the summer, I am going to finish the career.
I hope I will help the national team to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. If we manage to qualify, I will end my career after the tournament. I want to become a mother.”
Del Core has played in the 2004 and 2012 Olympics. With Italy, she won the 2007 and 2011 World Cup, 2007 and 2009 European Championship and the 2009 World Grand Champions Cup.
She has several achievements in her pro career which includes several Champions League and Domestic League titles.
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