France beats Russians to earn 1st Olympic volleyball gold

August 07, 2021 / 10:40 PM

Gold medallists France celebrate during the men's volleyball victory ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Sharjah 24 – BNA: The French players danced around the court, singing and waving towels.They then threw coach Laurent Tillie in the air a couple of times before heading to the corner of Ariake Arena to sing along some more with the dozens of French officials at the near-empty venue.

This was a celebration for a long time coming for French volleyball. France made sure its first Olympic volleyball medal would be gold, beating the Russians 25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 21-25, 15-12 Saturday night in a breakthrough win for a country that had no history of success.

France had qualified for the Olympics four times before this year and made it as far as the quarterfinals only once in 1988.

France beats Russians to earn 1st Olympic volleyball gold

Sharjah 24 – BNA: The French players danced around the court, singing and waving towels.They then threw coach Laurent Tillie in the air a couple of times before heading to the corner of Ariake Arena to sing along some more with the dozens of French officials at the near-empty venue.

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