Defending women's volleyball champ China drops 3rd straight

[ASFN Admin]

After winning gold in Rio de Janeiro and coming to the Olympics five years later as one of the favorites, China's women's volleyball team is just trying to win a match in Tokyo. The Chinese dropped their third straight match in pool play at the Olympics with a five-set loss to the Russian team on Thursday that dealt another big blow to China's medal chances. Coach Lang Ping's team overcame three losses in five pool-play matches in Rio, but she knows the situation now is much more dire with China in fifth place in Pool B with only one point through three matches.

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