At the age of 33, volleyball player Pavla Šmídová had no idea she would play at the European Championship. She had long since given up on the national team, she has a family, and she trains at the club three times a week. However, when the national team's main setter, Kateřina Valková, was injured in May, Šmídová agreed to fill in for her, and she performed so well that she earned a place in the final nomination for the European Championship. Wh…
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At the age of 33, volleyball player Pavla Šmídová had no idea she would play at the European Championship. She had long since given up on the national team, she has a family, and she trains at the club three times a week. However, when the national team's main setter, Kateřina Valková, was injured in May, Šmídová agreed to fill in for her, and she performed so well that she earned a place in the final nomination for the European Championship. Wh…