Brazil, Italy, Russia, USA, Cuba, Japan claim wins on third day of Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament in Beijing

13.08.08 - 23:31 ... source : FIVB

... Cuba celebrate a brilliant come-from-behind victory over reigning Olympic champions China on Wednesday in Beijing Beijing, China, August 13, 2008 - Brazil beat Serbia in straight sets for their third consecutive win without dropping a set on the third day of the Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament. Italy, Russia, USA, Cuba and Japan also won their matches on Wednesday as the Preliminary Round pools started to take shape. USA beat Venezuela 3-1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-14, 25-18), Cuba came back from two sets down to beat reigning Olympic champions China 18-25, 14-25, 25-23, 32-30, 15-1 in front of 13,000 and Japan held on to beat Poland 25-21, 25-20, 18-25, 23-25, 15-11 in Pool A. Cuba sit top of the pool. In Pool B, Italy swept Algeria 3-0 (25-7, 25-20, 25-12) to improve to 3-0, Russia won in straight sets against Kazakhstan 25-19, 25-18, 25-11 for their fi ...» Next (HTML)