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A win against Russia Tuesday night put China into the semifinals of the women's indoor volleyball competition. Defending Olympic champion China won the quarterfinal in three sets, 25-22, 27-25, 25-19.
China's semifinal pits it against Brazil, undefeated in these Olympics. Brazil's men's team knocked China out in the quarterfinals. The women's match takes place at 8:00 tonight in Beijing. Cuba and the USA play in the other semifinal and the gold medal match takes place Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
In beach volleyball, an all-China semifinal ended in victory for top seeds Tian Jia (田佳) and Wang Jie over Xue Chen and Zhang Xi. Xue and Zhang went on to win the bronze, defeating a Brazilian duo, 21-17, 21-19. As this post goes live, Tian and Wang are taking on America's Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor, in a rain-soaked gold medal contest in Chaoyang Park.
For more China sports news, check out China Sports Today.
Xue Chen image: BOCOG
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The mighty US women crushed the China insect two games to nothing, which is what the CCPee and PLgay are!
Dumb as you are, you must've already known how to sing the Chinese National Anthem, after hearing it played for over 45 times. LOL!