team and China's #1 team. We have tickets to this game tomorrow morning and
are absolutely psyched to see the US/China rivalry play out. OW bought
another huge US flag before our baseball game the other day (the other one
was given to the US men's eight during the rowing medal ceremony - see his
earlier post for details) and I have my China shirt, flag, and visor. We
plan on yelling at each other and waving flags in each others faces like
good rivals should :) In the semis, the USA #1 team easily beat Brazil to
advance. The other semi pitted China's #1 team against China's #2 team in a
grueling 1 hour, 15 minute, 3 set match. The #1 team won. At some point,
China also beat the USA #2 team to get to the semis.
In women's indoor volleyball, the quarterfinals were played yesterday. Cuba
beat Serbia, Brazil beat Japan, China beat Russia, and USA beat Italy to
advance to the semis. Cuba, Brazil, and Russia won 3-0 in each of their
games. US went to 5 sets, trading sets with Italy through the game. We
watched the game on TV and US looked very scrappy, adapting to the Italians
to comeback for a decisive win in the 5th.
In the semis, China will play Brazil, who are so far undefeated in these
games. USA will play Cuba. Thus far, Brazil looks quite strong, though they
were not in the US/China pool, so it's hard to compare. US and China are
fairly evenly matched, although US took an unexpected win against China in
preliminary play. We have tickets to the gold medal match and are crossing
our fingers for a US/China matchup!
I have not been following Men's volleyball, but I hear that the indoor team
is undefeated so far.
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