US Women Beat Brazil To Win 1st Olympic Volleyball Gold
Aug 8, 2021, 9:32 AM | Updated: 11:17 am
Players of Team United States celebrate after winning the Women's Gold Medal Match between Brazil and United States on day sixteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Arena on August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Liu Yaru/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images)
(Photo by Liu Yaru/CHINASPORTS/VCG via Getty Images)
TOKYO (AP) — The decades-long quest for the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. women’s volleyball team ended when the Americans finally broke through with a straight-set victory over Brazil.
The United States had won three silver medals and two bronze since first getting on the medal stand in 1984.
G🥇LDEN
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀@CoachSlabe (BYU ‘03) helped coach the USA women’s national team to Olympic gold last night! This marks the first ever gold medal for Team USA in women’s volleyball.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#GoCougs | #BYUMVB pic.twitter.com/h60zVtXkHc— BYU Volleyball (@BYUvolleyball) August 8, 2021
It got to the top step at the Tokyo Games by beating the team that denied it a chance at gold in the final match of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
The women of indoor @USAVolleyball win their first Olympic gold medal EVER!#TokyoOlympics x @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/VAicS2KGwI
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) August 8, 2021
Serbia beat South Korea to win the bronze medal.
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