U.S. women's volleyball team

The decades-long quest for the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. women’s volleyball team ended when the Americans finally broke through with a straight-set victory over Brazil.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team has made it to the gold medal match for the fourth time. It avenged a semifinal loss five years ago to Serbia with a 25-19, 25-15, 25-23 victory.

Coach Karch Kiraly knew there would be challenges and adversity to overcome if the U.S. women’s volleyball team wanted to win its first Olympic gold medal in the sport.

The U.S. men's volleyball team secured a bid to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by beating the Dutch host 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 25-21 to go unbeaten in the Tokyo Volleyball Qualification Tournament.