Taylor Averill arrived in town. The Northern American middle blocker landed in Venice yesterday night and tomorrow he will carry out the routine physical tests before joining the group. Taylor has taken part in the Pan American games together with Brian Cook. The USA finished sixth as they were knocked out by the winner of the competition, Argentina, at the quarter-final stage.
Meanwhile, Alexander Berger introduced himself to the fans in a video: www.youtube.com/pallavolopadova. He began pre-season training after getting married this summer with Croatian swimmer (naturalized Austrian) Mirna Jukic, who got a bronze medal in the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing.
Finally, some are coming, others are going. Three Padova players will fly out to Mexico for the World Championships Under 21: Balaso and Milan, who were already part of the U23 group that got the bronze, and Zoppellari.
