The Volleyball world is in shock for the death of Julia Itumavolleyball player for the Italian national team and for Igor Volley Novara who disappeared under mysterious circumstances after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. The autopsy expected for todayFriday 14 April, will be able to help understand the causes of the eighteen year old’s death and perhaps give some answers to the many questions surrounding the tragedy.
The investigations they are conducted by the attorney general of Anatolia, who will have to verify, also through the analysis of telephone records, the validity of the hypothesis that all the Turkish newspapers give for certain, namely that of suicide. Who did Julia Ituma last talk to on the phone? Was she alone when she fell into the void? Did she jump voluntarily or did something else happen? There are many questions for now unanswered in this tragedy.
Meanwhile, the world of volleyball will observe a minute of silence before each game, but there are many who ask that the next round of the championship be postponed as a sign of respect. Ituma. The words of Fefe De Giorgi, coach of the men’s national volleyball team, during an interview released some time ago to a well-known newspaper, let them understand Julia’s potential. “Titu”, as her friends and companions called her. “There are no words. I hope wherever you are you can rest in peace, little Titu. I love you forever” she wrote on social media Linda Nwakalorwho won the gold medal with her at the Under 20 World Cup in 2021. “Pure soul, fragile soul, you have always shown yourself to be tough but when you realized you could trust you showed your whole sweet heart. I love you Titu, call me Giada even from up there” echoed the setter Gaia Guiducci. “Hello bitch, that’s what I called you. Anyone who knows you and knows us knows how controversial our relationship was: love and hate, two forces in constant conflict united by a deep respect. Anyone who really knows you knows what a fragile soul you were, how much need for love was hidden behind your gestures, your strong words, your forms of arrogance” he wrote instead on Instagram Stella Nervinia spiker who spent two seasons with Julia Ituma in Club Italia.
