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In the early morning of May 15, the Chinese women's volleyball team swept the weak South Korean team 3-0 and won the first victory of the 2024 World Women's Volleyball League in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making a good start for the competition for tickets to the Paris Olympics. The scores in the third game were: 25-15, 25-16, 25-14.
In this game, Li Yingying scored a team-high 17 points, showing her strong strength as the main attacker. And Wu Mengjie also scored 14 points, including 10 points for smashing, and also scored for blocking and serving. Yuan Xinyue and Gong Xiangyu also contributed 12 and 10 points respectively, making great contributions to the victory of the Chinese team.
It is worth mentioning that in terms of blocking points, the Chinese team is far ahead with a 12-6 advantage. This fully illustrates the balanced strength of the Chinese team at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends!
At 4:30 a.m. on May 17, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team will face the second opponent, the American women's volleyball team!
The U.S. team has already qualified for the Paris Olympics, and their competition in Brazil is mainly aimed at training the team and honing their tactics. As a result, the team's core players such as Robinson, Plummer and Duluth did not participate, while the high-profile star Thompson is also recovering from injury.
Despite this, the U.S. team still sent experienced veteran Larsson and main setter Porter, as well as new talents Skinner, Butler and Franty, and the U.S. women's volleyball team still maintains a high level of competition!
CCTV5 live broadcast time
CCTV5 channel will broadcast the whole match between China and the United States on May 17th! It's still 4:30 a.m.! CCTV and Migu Sports are also broadcast at the same time, free of charge!
In addition, for fans who can't watch the game in the early morning, CCTV5 channel will replay it at 22:00 that night!