After France, the first participant of the Olympic Games in Paris in women's volleyball is Turkey.
The national team, which, since the arrival of the coach Daniele Santarelli and the corrector from Cuba, Melissa Vargas, has become a superpower and the first Turkish selection in major team sports with a European title, solved everything with a victory over Japan in Tokyo - 3:1 (22:25, 25:22 , 26:24, 25:12).
It is the sixth victory of the Turkish women for a maximum of 18 points and they are the first selection with three qualifying tournaments to win a place in the City of Light.
Vargas scored 22 points, Hande Baladin 19, and Eda Erdem and Ilkin Ajdin 13 each, while Sarina Nishida was the best for the home team.
Given that two teams are going to Paris from all three tournaments, Japan and Brazil will decide tomorrow in a direct clash who will win the 2nd place in the group.
The third participant of the OI is the world champion Serbia, partly due to himself, partly thanks to the Dominican Republic.
This morning, Giovanni Guidetti's team played the best match of the tournament in Ningbo, China, defeating the Netherlands 3:0 (25:19, 25:16, 25:20) and recovering from an embarrassing loss to the Dominican Republic.
And he just received a gift from the Dominican Republic - the team from the Caribbean defeated China 3:1 (25:23, 21:25, 25:14, 25:13), so the Serbian women will definitely finish the tournament in one of the first two places, regardless on the outcome of the match with China.
Tomorrow against the Netherlands, the Dominican women will have a chance to secure their fourth place at the OI, and they may lose 3:2.
The USA selection is also very close to Paris, which leads in Lodz with a maximum of 15 points, and could solve all dilemmas in today's duel with Poland (17.30:XNUMX p.m.).
The home team also hopes to reach Paris, as they have 12 points, as do Italy, while Germany is 11th.
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