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The USA stamped it’s authority on the Beijing Olympics as the current world power in Volleyball. For the first time in twenty years, they took out the gold medal in the Men’s indoor voleyball, and took out the silver medal in the Women’s indoor volleyball, losing to Brazil in the final 3 – 1. On [...]

Down to the final 16 teams, the only surprise, and a good one for the locals here, is that there are two Austrian teams still in contention. Gosch-Horst AUT [24] squeaked through the lucky losers with a convincing win over Heyer-Heuscher SUI [11], and Doppler-Gartmayer AUT [16] are on fire with three wins and a [...]

This looks like it could be an important pool. Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] beat Heyer-Heuscher SUI [11] 2-0 (21-15, 21-10). Heyer-Heuscher SUI [11] beat Conde-Baracetti ARG [14] 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) Conde-Baracetti ARG [14] beat Samoilovs-Plavins LAT [23] 2-0 (23-21, 21-19) and then… Samoilovs-Plavins LAT [23] beat Rogers-Dalhausser USA [2] 2-0 (19-21, 18-21) I have a bad [...]

Who will win in Beijing? Starting with the womens. There’s been one big upset already with the Austrian girls Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [18] beating Greece, but I reckon that will be all they do. I would be putting money on Tian Jia-Wang CHN [1], Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2], Barnett-Cook AUS [10] or Ana Paula-Larissa BRA [3]. I’ve [...]