CHENGDU, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) — China edged previous Japan 29-27, 29-27, 25-22 to win the ladies’s volleyball gold medal on the Chengdu Universiade right here on Sunday.
China as soon as led by 5 factors within the opening minutes, however Japan stepped up its recreation to catch up. After Japan saved 5 set factors, Wang Wenhan struck a winner to assist China to take the primary set.
The second set was hotly contested, and Japan even had the primary set level, however it was China who raced right into a 2-0 lead.
China stored its slight benefit all through the third set. Zhong Hui scored her spike to award China the championship level earlier than Japan made a serving error.
Wu Mengjie led China with 16 factors, whereas Zhong Hui and Zhou Yuetong added 15 and 11 respectively. Both Ameze Miyabe and Yoshino Sato took 16 factors every for Japan.
“China had good skills and also an advantage in height. This is what we admire and we’ll learn from this. Today both teams staged a tight and exciting match,” stated Japan coach Masahiro Fujii.
“The match turned out to be excellent and we achieved our goal. Our players deserve the win because of the hard work we have made,” stated China coach Zhao Yong.