Before browsing the pics below, Sheilla shares some Olympic information in an interview released by the FIVB.
Gold medal for…
“This medal is for my grandmother Teresinha. Then I would like to dedicate it to the girls who trained with us and stayed in Brazil like Fabiola, Mari, Sassá, Braiti, Juci…all of them. And part of my medal goes as well to my boyfriend: in every difficult moment I had, he was sending me nice messages, motivating me. He helped me so much…and the medal is for all my family.”
On Set 1, Brazil 11-25 USA…
“In the first set we were eager to get the ball, but too much: we went too far with our will. We were too anxious to succeed. Then we relaxed and we started to serve better. I never thought in the first set ‘oh, we can’t do it’ we just needed to calm down.”
Coach Zé Roberto Guimaraes’ tactics…
“We knew that we had to serve well, to cut off their middle blockers from (Lindsey) Berg’s schemes. Then we had to control Destinee Hooker, since she’s one of the world best spikers, and then follow (Foluke) Akirandewo and (Jordan) Larson’s movements, as top priority.”
The loss versus Korea in the Preliminary Round…
“Our way of playing wasn’t coming out. It was there, hidden somewhere, and we could not play with our typical joy. At the beginning of the pool we were so nervous in the locker room, too much. When we’ve lost with Korea, every one of us was crying, our mood was really down. That night marked a turning point for our team. All together we came up with the decision that it should have been the last match of this kind, that we needed to look forward and thinking about our game. It happened.”
On teammate Dani Lins…
“Danielle was nervous like everybody else and she started to set too many balls for me, while I was too controlled by the USA block,” Sheilla said. “Then she changed and started to play much better, really well from the second set. I think that she played an outstanding tournament here in London.”
Let the GOLDEN Celebration begin!
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