Relief and Redemption as U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team Will Play for Gold

Relief and Redemption as U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team Will Play for Gold

The New York Times-Sports·2021-08-07 06:04

TOKYO — The morning of the Olympic women’s volleyball semifinal on Friday here at the Tokyo Games, Foluke Akinradewo, a three-time Olympian and middle blocker for the U.S. team, had a premonition: the United States was going to have a perfect match.

Against Serbia that afternoon, the Americans would be efficient and clinical and every player would execute the game plan just right — she could see it unfold in her mind. And just 20 months after Akinradewo gave birth to a son, Kayode, her squad would beat Serbia to advance to the gold medal game on Sunday.

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