London 2012 - Volleyball - Men's Final

Brazil v Russia in the Men's gold medal final.

Russia looked a little sluggish to start with (they changed their setter halfway through the match so something wasn't right), and Brazil won the first two sets easily.  They even had two match points in the thrid set, but they came when Brazil were in their weaker rotations and Russia were in their stronger.

This triggered a massive turnaround for Russia.  Having snuck the third set, they carried their momentum into the 4th.  The Great Bear was awakened.  Brazil then brought on Giba, but he looked out of sorts, and Russia started to pepper him with serves and stuff him out on the block.  This completely changed the match, and Russia raced to the 4th set, then took a big lead in the 5th, going on to win 19-25, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22, 15-9.

Russia wave to their fans.

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London 2012 - Volleyball - Men's Final

Brazil v Russia in the Men's gold medal final.

Russia looked a little sluggish to start with (they changed their setter halfway through the match so something wasn't right), and Brazil won the first two sets easily. They even had two match points in the thrid set, but they came when Brazil were in their weaker rotations and Russia were in their stronger.

This triggered a massive turnaround for Russia. Having snuck the third set, they carried their momentum into the 4th. The Great Bear was awakened. Brazil then brought on Giba, but he looked out of sorts, and Russia started to pepper him with serves and stuff him out on the block. This completely changed the match, and Russia raced to the 4th set, then took a big lead in the 5th, going on to win 19-25, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22, 15-9.

Russia wave to their fans.

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