Olympics-Volleyball-Canada subdue Iran in straight sets, U.S. and Argentina win

[ASFN Admin]

Canada claimed their first men's volleyball win at Tokyo 2020 on Wednesday, overcoming Pool A's in-form team Iran in straight sets, while the United States beat Pool B's bottom side Tunisia. Having lost to Italy and Japan, Canada were quick off the blocks, capitalising on a slew of errors from Iran to comfortably take the opening set. The second and third sets were closer but, courtesy of John Perrin's 16 points and Nicholas Hoag's 15, Canada steadily built their lead with a combination of spikes and blocks to win 25-16 25-20 25-22.

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