August 19th, 2014

Round 2 Fight!

In an interview released by volleyball.sport-express.ru, Gamova reveals that Brazil’s Coach Guimaraes offended her.

“When Coach Guimaraes said that I will play for Russia at the World Championship only because they gave me trucks loaded with money I was offended. It’s very unpleasant to read something like that because I have always been known to be a big patriot. I’m going to play at the World Championship to win a gold medal for Russia and not for the money.”

In the interview, she also mentioned that no doubt there is a Brazil-Russia rivalry in women’s volleyball. Russia has won the 2006 and 2010 World Championship against Brazil but then Brazil took revenge when they defeated Russia in an epic 5 set match during the 2012 Olympics.

Katya also reveals that she has no plans of playing at the 2016 Olympics. She is taking one step at a time.

In case you didn’t know, Gamova has already started training with the National Team to prepare for the World Champs next month.

August 11th, 2014

Round 1 Fight!

In case you didn’t know, Russian volleyball superstar Ekaterina Gamova has announced her return after a 2 year absence. She will join the National Team for the upcoming 2014 World Championship and will help Russia win the crown for the 3rd consecutive time.

It appears someone is not a happy camper with Gamova’s plan.

Brazilian coach Guimaraes has publicly stated the Russian Federation has offered the 33 year old A LOT OF MONEY so she would change her mind and rejoin the Russian team. Coach ZRG also mentioned that Sokolova is NOT sure of returning because she doesn’t know how much $$$ the Federation will offer to her.

Coach says:

“I have talked to Sokolova and she is not coming back until money is offered on her table just like what the Russian Federation did to her teammate. Gamova is only coming back because of the truck load of money given to her. Her return is all about money.”

In case you didn’t know, Coach ZRG and Sokolova build their friendship when ZRG coached Turkish club team Fenerbahce with Sokolova as one of its star player. The duo won Europe’s most prestigious club title, The Champions League, during the 2011/2012 season with Logan Tom, Fabiana Claudino and Kim Yeon Koung.

Gamova Fights Back!

Upon hearing the news about her return, Gamova posted a statement on her Facebook to respond to Coach ZRG’s accusation:

Наш ответ Зе Роберту – главному тренеру сборной Бразилии!

С Уважением Катя Гамова.

Katya is saying that the information provided by the Brazilian Coach is WRONG.

She also adds some sarcasm in her answer saying that she is given 2 trucks full of money and not just one. With the money given to her, she plans to buy a villa in Rio De Janeiro close to ZRG’s where they both can spend their evenings in their slippers talking about volleyball while having a drink.

We smell DRAMA!

All we can say is that we can’t wait until Russia and Brazil play at the 2014 World Championship. Russia with Gamova has won the last 2 editions while Brazil finishing in both occasions.

(images: FIVB)